Proverbs 2

It is a great blessing from the Lord to have a godly father on earth who loves you and seeks to instruct you in the way to go. But will young men and women listen to instruction? How well did we appreciate the discipline that came from our fathers when we were growing up?

Despite all that can go wrong between fathers and sons in this world of sin and suffering, God is eager to address us tenderly as those who have a family relation with Him. What a blessing that the Lord of glory would address each of us in this book with the words, “My son!” Will we listen to His voice?

If we will yearn for the voice of God and follow His precepts we will find a treasure that is worth more than all the riches in this world. Are you suffering in some way today and yet God has enabled your weary soul to love His Word? If so, then you are greatly blessed. The Lord has helped you to see His glory and has granted to you heavenly wisdom. Take into your soul the joy that is yours even when you find no peace in the circumstances all around you. God loves you as a treasured son. His plans for you must be very good. Even though you face a measure of suffering now, the Lord is guiding you in the way of righteousness.

Jesus, who was perfect in holiness, suffered. He has assured us that all who desire to live a godly life in Him will have troubles. But the wisdom of our good Father, if followed, will keep us from many troubles.

If you listen to the Word of the best Father, then you will delivered from the way of evil men. They take their delight in what should disgust them. But you have been been blessed with a different heart.

Fools are led away from the good life by a band of evil brothers or by adulterous women, yet in Christ there is still hope for a son who has wasted his money on prostitutes and remembers that there is food in his Father's house. There is also hope for the woman who has sold her body to men, since she has been redeemed by a Husband who will protect her forever.

Amazing love! How can it be that God would die for prostitutes and sinners? There is still a future for us today, and there is a very powerful hope for anyone who will hear the Voice of the Lord and run away from certain destruction to God's eternal embrace for us in Jesus Christ.