Maintain Discretion
“When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.” (Proverbs 2:10-22)
Today’s Morsel: When we study our Bibles, we will see that there are certain threads that run through its pages, to keep us on the right path and in the straight and narrow pathway. And one of those threads is discretion. What is discretion. Discretion is the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information. In the Bible though, discretion means wise judgement, prudence, and careful discernment to know the right thing to say and do. Avoiding foolishness and sin. It is often linked with wisdom and understanding to guide our actions toward righteousness and God’s will, which will lead to a mature Christian walk. Paul told Timothy: “I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.” (1 Timothy 2:8-10) The word shamefacedness means to have honor and respect for oneself. And the word sobriety means to be sound minded and possessing self-control. He instructed Titus: “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,” (Titus 2:1-7) The same way that it is amazing what praising can do in your life; you will be surprised as to what discretion can do when you all0w it to work in your life and you teach it to your children and others as well.
Sing: Since Jesus came into my heart, since Jesus came into my heart, floods of joy over my soul, like a sea billows roll, since Jesus came into my heart.
Thought For Today: Don’t be like the horse and mule which do not have understanding.
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