{"id":15532,"date":"2022-03-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=15532"},"modified":"2022-03-02T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T19:28:49","slug":"proverbs-in-31-days-2015-day-5-proverbs-5-do-what-needs-to-be-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/proverbs-in-31-days-2015-day-5-proverbs-5-do-what-needs-to-be-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Proverbs in 31 Days: Day 5, Proverbs 5: Do What Needs to be Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Proverbs<\/p>\n

We’ve made it to the weekend!<\/p>\n

Sometimes that is GREAT for me for reading the Bible and praying. Sometimes that makes it more challenging. Whatever your case may be, I do hope you are getting into a reading and listening groove as we make our way into the Proverbs together.<\/p>\n

Today we are on Proverbs 5. Here’s what grabbed me:<\/p>\n

Today’s Reading: Proverbs 5<\/h1>\n

Using the SOAP devotional method<\/a>, here’s what I heard this time…<\/p>\n

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Scripture: Proverbs 5:23<\/h2>\n

He dies for lack of discipline,<\/p>\n

and because of his great folly he is led astray.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Observation:<\/h2>\n

I believe that this chapter covers much more than what I first think of when I hear adultery. I think it also covers anything that causes us to wander away from our most primary true love: God.<\/p>\n

That being said, this is what I observed in Proverbs 5:23:<\/p>\n

Do what needs to be done and don’t allow yourself to be distracted or else destruction (and frustration) will come your way.<\/p>\n

Application:<\/h2>\n

Hmmm. It seems as though there is definitely a theme here for me these first few days.<\/p>\n

Today I was reminded, yet again, to stay focused on my path. I need to take that one step further, though, and not just see what I should be doing but also have the discipline to do it, even when I don’t want to do it right then.<\/p>\n

He knows I’ve got a lot going on, with lots of areas of responsibility. I think that He has been telling me that He will guide my path if I take the time to listen, that I need to keep myself focused on that path as He reveals it and now, today, that I need to have discipline in doing what I am directed.<\/p>\n

Prayer:<\/h2>\n

Lord, thank you so much for meeting me right here, where I am in life.<\/p>\n

I love hearing your Word and knowing that you care for me in the big and the little, and that you want what is good for me.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I struggle with discipline and don’t want to get everything done that I should. And then I get frustrated with myself. Or, I want to do everything and cannot get it all done and then I get frustrated with myself.<\/p>\n

Thank you for these messages reminding me that you will help me to see what to do. I \u00a0just need to listen, stay focused and then follow through with those things.<\/p>\n

Please fill my head with your Word when I stray, when I get distracted. I want to follow you. I want to follow your plan.<\/p>\n

I love you and I trust you.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n

Here is what I have heard in the past when reading Proverbs this way and using SOAP:<\/h3>\n