I Choose God

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
I CHOOSE GOD
Prov 3:7-8
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. 8 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
NIV
How could I ever think I had any wisdom within my own being? But I suppose without thinking, it is pretty easy to rely on myself in the process of making decisions about all sorts of things. That is the problem, without thinking. I need to remember that I have no wisdom on my own. I need to remember I have to rely on God for the wisdom in decision making, especially those ones which are not good for me. I think it is too easy to make choices that are in the direction of evil rather than good. I also think left to my own wisdom I would most likely chose in the direction of evil, for does not my God tell me, my heart is deceitfully wicked or at least prone to choices of evil rather than good. So, I need his wisdom in my choices and I need to keep away from my own wisdom of sorts. He is the almighty God, the creator of the Universe with all wisdom and understanding and as such is due all reverence. I will give him praise and honor in my life, shunning the evil and keeping my heart and mind focused on him and his thoughts, his wisdom, and his ways. I do not understand how anyone would desire any other result in their life than health in their body and nourishment in their bones. I know this is not the primary purpose of not being wise in my own eyes, or even shunning evil, but it still is a result that God brings about and I will accept that result as I accept everything else my Lord God does in my life. There is just so much he does for me, in me and even through me, I cannot count them. This health in my body and nourishment to my inner most being is just one of them. Sure I know at some point things will begin to fail. I do not expect God to keep me absolutely free from every kind of illness that will on day lead to the death of this physical shell I dwell in, for I think that is just a part of life, in the body which is prone to decay. Although this may well be speaking to my physical being, and the health of it, I think it also speaks to the inner being, and having a good healthy inner self because of not relying on that self, but rather on God. I know that my inner being will be nourished and healthy because I shun evil and give reverence to God, looking to him for wisdom in my life choices and that part of me will never decay as a result. But that also brings me to the thought that if I did rely on self and if I did not fear the Lord, and if I did not shun evil, would the inner most part of my being then be ill, sickly and without nourishment, thus bringing about death and decay of my soul? This is a sad ending, to be sure, of which I want no part of, so I choose God.