Many Years

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
MANY YEARS
Prov 4:10-12
10 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. 11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. 12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.
NIV
I wonder when people do not listen to the voice of God, if their lives are cut short or at least far shorter than they should be. I wonder just how many are the years of my life if I accept everything my Father has to say. That is the ultimate sixty-four million dollar question; do I accept all of it? Do I reject any of what he has to say? Are they things he has said which I give him lip service saying sure Lord, but in actuality I sort of let slide? I am not sure any person can carry out without fault every command of God, except of course, Jesus. So then maybe it is simply the condition of my heart, or the attitude of my mind which counts the most. I desire to live by his voice. I desire to do what he has instructed me to. But I fail at times to complete the task one hundred percent at times. I do accept what God says as the total complete ultimate truth for my life. I know I could not live without him and his voice leading me through my life. I need him to guide him in the way of wisdom, and lead me along straight paths. Why would I want to be hampered as I walk through life? That is ludicrous! Because I do accept what he says, and desire him to guide me ad lead me in straight paths, my steps will not be hampered, what I do will be right. Now having said that I do not believe my steps should be for me, but for him. That is the path I travel without having my steps hampered should be for the advancement of his Kingdom and not for my personal gain. If fact I should not be lumbering alone at some slow even pace, but I should be running full out, as fast as I can getting as much as I can get done for my Father and his Kingdom. Sometime I think my days are running out, and I have to get more done, but then I realize his has my days in the palm of his hand, and my years will be many and I have work to do.