Trust and Guard

I finished listening and taking notes on Ken Boa’s series on Proverbs early this morning. I also received through Amazon in the mail yesterday, his workbook on Proverbs, Pursuing Wisdom by Kenneth Boa & Gail Burnett (NavPress). Ken Boa’s summary of Proverbs keys on two applications:
1) Trusting God implicitly
2) Guarding your hearts completely

If you have been with me on this blog you can pick up both of those. Remember the definition for faith? Faith is choosing to believe that God has reveled, in His Word, my truth and reality in spite of my feelings or circumstances Have you memorized this definition or written it on a 3 x 5 card, a piece of paper, or anything? What are you waiting for? This definition should be an anchor point on developing a trust in God in everyday life. Has He not given us every reason to trust Him. Dottie and I are seeking to do so with regard to our future. Our most often quoted verse is Romans 15:13. May the God of hope fill you with great joy and peace as you trust in Him so that hope may overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And then, if you have followed my recent blogs, I have been encouraging us to guard our hearts and thoughts. Thoughts lead to emotions, which lead to attitudes, and then behavior. Spiritual transformation is from he inside out. Keep the eight healthy thought qualities from Philippians 4:8 in mind and use them to redirect your rabbit trail thoughts.
(Philippians 4:8) Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
When we head off in the car, we have been reminding each other of things for which we are grateful. Our goal is ten grateful things. This is a good exercise for the heart.

(Proverbs 4:23) Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.