Proverbs is more than just a bunch of one-liners to be thrown nonchalantly around our lives. God has a specific purpose, audience, and foundation in mind for the book and in reading it we should ask ourselves where our wise beginnings are.

Proverbs is more than just a bunch of one-liners to be thrown nonchalantly around our lives. God has a specific purpose, audience, and foundation in mind for the book and in reading it we should ask ourselves where our wise beginnings are.

The psalm is divided into four sections. The first three deal with different attributes of God as they relate to the psalmist: His omniscience (vv. 1-6); His omnipresence (vv. 7-12); and, His omnipotence as the sovereign Creator (vv. 13-18). The final section (vv. 19-24) gives the inescapable response to the inescapable God: personal holiness.

Another way to summarize each of the four sections is: “how God knows me, how He surrounds me, how He made me, and how He tests me

The psalm is divided into four sections. The first three deal with different attributes of God as they relate to the psalmist: His omniscience (vv. 1-6); His omnipresence (vv. 7-12); and, His omnipotence as the sovereign Creator (vv. 13-18). The final section (vv. 19-24) gives the inescapable response to the inescapable God: personal holiness.

Another way to summarize each of the four sections is: “how God knows me, how He surrounds me, how He made me, and how He tests me

Our actions display where our hearts truly are. Our desire to worship should come from our hearts and move us to faithful obedience of what God has for us no matter what situation we are in.

Our actions display where our hearts truly are. Our desire to worship should come from our hearts and move us to faithful obedience of what God has for us no matter what situation we are in.

I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. Psalm 77:11

Summary: After crying out to the Lord in prayer and not getting an answer, he remembers that, in the past, God had answered his prayers. It seemed that the skies were closed shut to his prayers. God was silent. The psalmist writes:

5 I think of the good old days, long since ended, 6 when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now.

I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. Psalm 77:11

Summary: After crying out to the Lord in prayer and not getting an answer, he remembers that, in the past, God had answered his prayers. It seemed that the skies were closed shut to his prayers. God was silent. The psalmist writes:

5 I think of the good old days, long since ended, 6 when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3