Being Successful Success Starts With a Healthy Fear of the Lord A Journey Through Proverbs

Being Successful

Success Starts With a Healthy Fear of the Lord

A Journey Through Proverbs

No matter how you see yourself

God’s vision for you is to be a ruler

“and has made us to be a kingdom and

priests to serve his God and Father”

If we are to reach this measure of success

we must start with a healthy fear of the Lord

and have a desire to be wise

God has given us the Book of Proverbs

to help us on this journey

Throughout the Bible are the treasures for successful living.

Out of all the Books of the Bible

Proverbs stands out addressing the successful life.

This book was written by Solomon;

they are the proverbs of Solomon.

It is key to note Solomon’s upbringing,

his father was King David.

These proverbs of Solomon were written to his son.

Proverbs, deep meaning sayings are meant

to reveal the meaning of human life.

The purpose of the Proverbs was to teach

“Wisdom and Discipline”.

Verse 3 of chapter 1 in the NLT says…

“Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
to help them do what is right, just, and fair.”

Solomon clearly lays out where the foundation

of true knowledge comes from…

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge”

Solomon is saying…

 All knowledge must be handled and

received with a healthy fear of the Lord.

There are a lot of intellectuals who have no fear of the Lord.

Solomon’s other Book, Ecclesiastes reveals his quest for

intellectualism and his summation was “what is the point”…

It is meaningless.

It is only when we have a healthy fear of the Lord

that knowledge can make us wise.

  

King Solomon is writing these parables to

his son that he might become a wise ruler.

No matter how you see yourself,

 God’s vision for you is to be a ruler.

Revelation 1:5-6

“from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,

the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father

—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.”

 Revelation 5:10, 1 Peter 2:9…

These verses tell us the successful position in life God has for us.

If we are to reach this measure of success,

we must start with a healthy fear of the Lord

and have a desire to be wise.

God has given us the Book of Proverbs to help us on this journey.

Scripture Reading

1.The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

2 for gaining wisdom and instruction;

for understanding words of insight;

3 for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,

doing what is right and just and fair;

4 for giving prudence to those who are simple,

knowledge and discretion to the young—

5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,

and let the discerning get guidance—

6 for understanding proverbs and parables,

the sayings and riddles of the wise.

7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,

but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

9 They are a garland to grace your head

and a chain to adorn your neck.