INSTRUCTION

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Text : Pro 4:13.

 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

There are stuffs that are basically your call,  no matter how long you pray,  God will not do for you what you ought to do for yourself.

Our text says :

1. Take fast hold of instruction. This is one thing God won't do for you. God's part is to give instruction, yours is to hold on to it. An instruction that you can't retain won't be obeyed.

2 . Let her not go: instructions has the tendency to slip away if not well guarded. 
While Jesus was explaining the parable of the sower to His disciples,  He said the seed will slip away from anyone who lacks understanding of what he has heard. Matt 13;19.

Another thing you must pay attention to is getting understanding. Proverbs  4:7  says, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding".

3. Keep her.  Responsibility is laid on you as a disciple of Christ to keep God's instruction. Romans 1:28 says; "Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done". 

4. She is your life. Instruction is your life. Success or failure is a function of instruction kept or refused.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. Proverbs  10:17  


Bible Reading : Proverbs 4:1-27.


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