Your Inner Voice Said What?
March 27, 2024
DAILY PROVERB:
Proverbs 7:24-27
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:
How many times have you been told, or have you heard someone else being told to follow their heart? On the surface, this may sound like good advice. To follow what your heart tells you to do. Follow your dreams. Listen to your inner voice. However, the Bible often warns us against doing such a thing. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
In our verses today, Solomon imparts his wisdom to his son, advising him not to allow his heart to be swayed by seductive women. Why? Because he emphasizes that even many STRONG men have fallen victim to such sexual sin. These aren’t individuals who are weak or easily deceived; they are powerful individuals who succumbed to the allure of this deceptive pleasure. Solomon doesn’t discourage following one’s heart; rather, he urges his son to steer his heart and not be misled by sin and its tempting falsehoods.
How might we guide our hearts, you may be asking? When looking back into Jeremiah, where it warned about our heart’s weakness, it also says in Jeremiah 17:5, “Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.” What caused the curse? A heart departed from the LORD. How might we keep our heart? Jeremiah 17:7 says, “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.” Blessed is the person whose hope is in the LORD.
So, follow your heart, chase your dreams, and listen to that inner voice. However, do so only if your dreams align with fulfilling God’s will, if your inner voice is that of the Holy Spirit, and if your heart is grounded in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
THE WORD WALKING IN ME:
The now-famous phrase “What Would Jesus Do” has helped many young people avoid making bad choices. Why not let it help us all? When we are faced with any type of temptation, we should ask ourselves, “What Would Jesus Do?”
Are you letting your inner voice lead?
If so, who is guiding your inner voice?
IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:
Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?
Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?
What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?
GOD TALKING TO ME: MARCH 27, 2024
THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
Judges 9 – Judges 12
Proverbs 7:24 – 27
THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Deuteronomy 25-27
Luke 3:23-4:13
“Getting people into the Word of God…
… and the Word of God into people.”
Romans 10:17
Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12
Author: admin
Author of LIHW Daily Devotions, and President of Living In His Word Ministries.
