FAITH CAPSULE: In life, you are either wise or foolish.  

Proverbs 4

How to prevail over the issues of life is directly rooted in how you keep your heart. Proverbs 4:23 “Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life.” This is not a suggestion but a command that will make the difference in the life of every man that is committed to this command. The heart takes a strategic position in the life of a man because it is where the giver of life looks to determine every action of man. Also, the same heart is where we determine and accept if there is God or there is no God. Psalm 14:1 recorded, “The fool has said in his heart that there is no God…” Confessing there is no God starts from the heart and not from the mouth. When such confession is communicated through the mouth, it always has its root in the heart. Any man that says there is no God through a non-verbal communication speaks from the heart. A believer that claims there is God with his/her mouth but doing all that is contrary to the command of God is indirectly saying there is no God. A wise saying states that, “Action speaks louder than words”. This can be concluded by saying that, what you believe is what you behave.
Every action or behavior is rooted in the heart and this is why Proverbs 4:23 stated, “…Out of it spring the issues of life.” Saul did not say there is no God when Samuel confirmed, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.” (1 Samuel 13:13) To be confirmed as being foolish by our action or behavior is the same as being identified as one who makes a verbal confession that there is no God. In life, you are either wise or foolish. To be wise in the wisdom of God and not of the wisdom of this world is an evidence of the fear of God. Likewise, to be foolish in the things of God and not behaving what the word of God commands is as saying there is no God.
Proverbs 4:24-27 identifies what happens when we keep our heart with all diligence:
Besides the truth that issues of life springs from our heart, one will know to always put away deceitful mouth and perverse lips; one’s eyes will be focus where it is right before God; one will know to direct feet on established grounds. Above all, keeping heart with all diligence leads one away from evil at all time. (Proverbs 4:24-27)
It does not matter how much you confess it that you are a believer, if how you live life is not in line with God’s command, you are also saying there is no God.

Prayer for today:Ask God for understand that you may know not live life as a foolish one.