HOLD FAST
Proverbs 1:22
“So long a time as the simple hold fast to righteousness,
They shall not be ashamed;”
Personal challenge
It is so easy in our Christian journey to become prideful and arrogant in what we perceive as our Christian-ness. We boast about the books we have read or the number of times that we have read the Bible. We are puffed up at our role in the church; I am on Parish Council, I teach Sunday School, I am a Deacon, I am... We strut around like we own the church, and even God Himself, because we donate a certain amount to the church. This Proverb reminds us that if we want to live a Christian life before God and our fellow human being that is without shame and full of righteousness, then we must proceed through our Christian journey as we did when we first met Christ, as simple, humble children, holding on tight to the hem of His robe lest we lose our way. He is the righteousness that we hold on to, not all of the prideful things above. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!
“So long a time as the simple hold fast to righteousness,
They shall not be ashamed;”
Personal challenge
It is so easy in our Christian journey to become prideful and arrogant in what we perceive as our Christian-ness. We boast about the books we have read or the number of times that we have read the Bible. We are puffed up at our role in the church; I am on Parish Council, I teach Sunday School, I am a Deacon, I am... We strut around like we own the church, and even God Himself, because we donate a certain amount to the church. This Proverb reminds us that if we want to live a Christian life before God and our fellow human being that is without shame and full of righteousness, then we must proceed through our Christian journey as we did when we first met Christ, as simple, humble children, holding on tight to the hem of His robe lest we lose our way. He is the righteousness that we hold on to, not all of the prideful things above. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!
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