Heavenly Graffiti - Saturday February 04, 2012
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:1-3 ESV
When I was in high school, I went on a youth canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. At one of our campsites we took a side trip to climb a fire tower that was on top of a huge ridge. After a long climb up an open ladder, we got to the top and saw a breath-taking panorama of the BWCA for sixty miles in every direction. To commemorate our feat and to give permanence to our visit, we carved our initials into the floor of the fire tower.
God wants us to "mar" the surface of our heart so that we won't forget His eternal word. In Proverbs 3:3, we are told to write His word on the tablet of our heart. The Hebrew word literally means "to carve or inscribe" God's word into our hearts. I think of it as heavenly graffiti. God gave the Ten Commandments by carving into two stone tablets the words that He wanted to convey. They were deeply etched into stone as an illustration of permanence.
We must deeply etch His word into our hearts as He did into the stone tablets. It is easy to read the Word of God daily, and yet let the thoughts slip away as soon as we close the Bible. Let us read, study, meditate, and apply God's word diligently to our hearts in such a way that we don't walk away and forget. Get into God's word today! And as you do, let it sink in and become permanent heavenly graffiti on your heart, lest you forget.
Submitted by:
Dave Lennander
Cedarcreek Community Church
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
One-Year Reading Plan:
Exodus 19:16-21:21
Matthew 23:13-39
Psalms 28:1-9
Proverbs 7:1-5
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