Episode 273: Proverbs 24

Today's Prayer Meditation is on Proverbs 24

I do not envy the wealth of the wicked or crave their company. Their hearts plot violence, and they talk about causing trouble.

I build my house and my business with wisdom, and establish it through understanding. Through knowledge my rooms are filled with the rare and beautiful treasures and I enjoy the pleasures of spiritual wealth. Through intelligence and insight my enterprises are established and endure.

Wisdom can transform me into a warrior, and revelation-knowledge increases my strength. I gain guidance from wise advisers, and have a successful outcome. Wisdom is a treasure too lofty for a quarreling fool. I treasure it like a valuable jewel. 

I am not a schemer, making plans to do evil. Planning to do evil is a wrong as doing it. And everyone detests a troublemaker.

I have great strength and courage under pressure, and do not faint. I rescue those in danger, and do not stand back out of fear and watch them stagger toward destruction saying "It's none of my business."  You know me completely, Father, and you judge my every motive and see through my excuses. Mine is not the only life you guard. Your covenant of protection is available for all who will accept it. 

Your revelation-knowledge is a delicacy, sweet like flowing honey that melts in my mouth. I eat as much of it as I can. With it, I perceive what is true wisdom. And my future is bright. This hope living within me will never disappoint me. I stand in awe of you, Father.

I am not like the unrighteous who are brought down by just one calamity never to rise again. I may suffer adversity and stumble seven times, but I will continue to rise over and over again.

I never gloat when my enemy meets disaster, and my heart doesn't rejoice if he falls. Father, you see my heart, and I do not want to disappoint you.

I do not fret over evildoers or become agitated or angered by them. They have no life and no future. Their light of life will die out. 

I give counsel to others, but don’t mingle with those who are rebellious. For sudden destruction will fall upon them and their lives will be ruined in a moment. I shudder to think about the retribution they will face.

I am impartial in my dealings with people, and am not swayed by a person's status. I do not call the guilty innocent. Speaking honestly is a sign of true friendship. 

I don't accuse people falsely, and I don't try to seek revenge. I know that you are just and you will repay, Father.

My professional work habits prevent poverty from becoming my permanent business partner. I do not put off until tomorrow the work I could do today, because tomorrow never seems to come.

I build my career and give myself to my work, but I always put you first, Father, and you take care of me and my family. 

So be it.

Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 

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