His Command...

Proverbs 1:8-9
My son, heed the discipline of your father,
and do not abandon the teaching of your mother;
they will be a garland to grace your head,
a medal of honor for your neck

Proverbs 6:20-23
"My son, obey your father's command,
and don't abandon your mother's teaching
Bind them always on your heart,
tie them around your neck.
When you walk, they will lead you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
and when you wake up, they will talk with you.
For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah is light,
and reproofs that discipline are the way to life

Psalm 119:143-144
Trouble and distress have overtaken me,
but your mitzvot are my delight.
Your instruction is righteous forever;
give me understanding, and I will live

(Mitzvah is the jewish word for command, Mitzvot is it's plural version)
(Torah literally means teaching but is usually translated as Law)

I have been in great distress lately having many due dates with my school as well as trying to be a blessing as a husband and a father, while trying to keep up with middle school ministry and other roles things I do. Through the Lord I felt successful for a while but recently I have not been submitting as much and I have seen that this is when I sin, Satin may attack me and I let it slide, something will irritate me and I will handle it my own way instead of submitting to the Lord Jesus in every instance of the day. I grow sometimes numb and miserable not knowing why, then I realize I have been in robot mode doing my own worldly thing and the Lord reveals to me, He blesses me with repentance away from sin, he rebukes me but encourages me in His Command, His Law, His Way Of righteousness that He has plotted out for me. I have been troubled not so much feeling alone but growing tired of the burden of this life, sometimes I try to take back the burden I once surrendered and I drain my self trying to take on the world solo. I know that I can do nothing and the Lord as been patient with me, I realize that it is only in him that I can do anything, but at the same time this isn't enough. It is a good start but I must apply this and truly rely on him not just know the truth but walk in the truth, apply the truth, become the truth by letting it be lived out through me and submitting to the Father.

Jesus tells us not to call anyone father but the FATHER in HEAVEN, and though the first two proverbs can be taken literally and will benefit when taken literally as applying to your worldly parents, but we also know God's Word speaks to us on several levels. I am looking at the spiritual meaning to these first two verses, He is our "spiritual father" the Church our "mother." We are to obey the Father, God'sCommand as well as His son Jesus because Jesus and the Father are One and also One with the Holy Spirit. But we are also not to forget the things that we have learned in the world from the Lord, we are to use them while first most keeping His commands "My son, obey your father's command,
and don't abandon your mother's teaching" So Apply our Father, God's Word and what he Commands us in our personal relationship with him, but at the same time we don't abandon what we have learned from the Bride of Christ, our mother, The Church, Christ's body for if we are Christ's Bride then we are one with Him and He with us. By applying this word we will benefit greatly and will know th e Lords Guidance, Protection, and Company. He will lead you in a way that is truly living, many think they are living but are not, for Christ is life, and unless you know Christ and His Commands, speak of Christ and His Commands, act of Christ and His Commands you have not been truly living.


Lord please allow me to do your will and not my own, I desire a heart that will be submissive to You and not to the flesh, Lord I ask you to remind me each day that You are my Heavenly Father, and that I would hear you and not forget. I ask Lord that you would use the things That I have learned and am learning in the world for Your Glory. You are The One, the one who my heart desires to please, I delight in the Law of Your Word, I delight in the Son who was perfect from birth, I delight in the day He's returning to earth. Hallelujah. Amen.