"Cease listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge."
Proverbs 19:27 (NKJV)
Starting something is important, but continuing with that thing is even more important. Whether you are learning a new skill, a different language, or starting an exercise routine, getting yourself started is usually easier than continuing to do that thing. This is the reason many people do not keep some New Year's resolution or follow through with a good idea or desire that they have. Once we begin doing something, we must find a way to keep ourselves involved in that thing, because if we do not, we will end up far away from our original intent, and whatever gains we might have made will be lost.
Hebrews 2:1 talks about paying attention to what we have heard so that we do not drift away. Drifting away from something can easily happen if we do not keep the thing that could drift connected to something else. We have to pay attention to what we have heard from God in His Word and by the Holy Spirit so that we do not drift away from those things. One way we can prevent drifting away from what is right is to continually listen to the instruction we receive through God's Word so that we keep ourselves anchored to the truth.
Proverbs 19:27 warns us about the dangers of not continuing to hear instruction and then straying from the words of knowledge. If we continue to hear instruction, we will not stray from "the words of knowledge," but if we stop listening, it is easy to stray off the path of the truth and get into error. We need to be in a continual process of reading and studying the Word of God for ourselves, as well as hearing good Bible based teaching that will remind us of, and add to, the godly instruction that we already have. If we do not keep listening to the truth, we will stray, and if we stray, we can drift away.
Proverbs 19:27 (NKJV)
Starting something is important, but continuing with that thing is even more important. Whether you are learning a new skill, a different language, or starting an exercise routine, getting yourself started is usually easier than continuing to do that thing. This is the reason many people do not keep some New Year's resolution or follow through with a good idea or desire that they have. Once we begin doing something, we must find a way to keep ourselves involved in that thing, because if we do not, we will end up far away from our original intent, and whatever gains we might have made will be lost.
Hebrews 2:1 talks about paying attention to what we have heard so that we do not drift away. Drifting away from something can easily happen if we do not keep the thing that could drift connected to something else. We have to pay attention to what we have heard from God in His Word and by the Holy Spirit so that we do not drift away from those things. One way we can prevent drifting away from what is right is to continually listen to the instruction we receive through God's Word so that we keep ourselves anchored to the truth.
Proverbs 19:27 warns us about the dangers of not continuing to hear instruction and then straying from the words of knowledge. If we continue to hear instruction, we will not stray from "the words of knowledge," but if we stop listening, it is easy to stray off the path of the truth and get into error. We need to be in a continual process of reading and studying the Word of God for ourselves, as well as hearing good Bible based teaching that will remind us of, and add to, the godly instruction that we already have. If we do not keep listening to the truth, we will stray, and if we stray, we can drift away.
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