Proverbs 1:3-7 ~ The Preface (continued)

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That is what discipline does. It tells us to be straight up. No deception, sincere, honest, straight up. The Proverbs discipline us to act sensibly. Remember, the book of Proverbs covers all circumstances of life, shows us how God sees all these different circumstances. And it disciplines us to be sensible: to sense how God sees it; to line up with what is right with God; to make the decision that is right with God; and not try to maneuver and use deception. Just be straight up. You are either going to do it or you are going to disobey. Do you see the progression there? Being sensible. Sensing what God wants. Lining up with what God wants. Making the decision to do what God wants. And doing it straightforward without manipulations, or deceptions, or craftiness.