Like the fool that I am, I oftentimes forget to pray. I forget to remember that I need Jesus and His goodness; I need His strength because I am waywardly weak. I am quick to consider myself strong enough to avoid sin on my own as though I weren’t enslaved to it before Jesus saved me from that darkness. And so I get to pray now; God has been good to lead me to the book of Proverbs to read today in order that I might desire true wisdom. I can therefore pray hard to be reliant on the work of the cross so I can live obediently to Christ in my efforts to express my thankfulness for what He’s done for me. I get to fight hard to avoid sin because He didn’t save me to the ongoing slavery of my flesh but freed me from that weakness.
Proverbs 7:1-3
My son, keep my words
and treasure up my commandments
with you;
keep my commandments and live;
keep my teachings the apple of your eye;
bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
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