Proverbs 14:2 "Do You Really Love God?"

“He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.”

How easy it is to say we love God! It is even easy to fool others into thinking we are 'good Christians.' Read this verse carefully. If you walk in uprightness, if you obey the commands of God, you fear Him. If not, if you are perverse, following your own desires, your own passions, your own 'god', then you despise the true God. What you do in secret will be exposed publicly. You may pretend devotion, but if you are not obedient to God's commands, you will be reckoned with as a despiser of God Himself.

Do you even know God's commands as laid out in the New Testament? Commit this day to search the Scriptures, find them, make a list of them, and obey them. Matthew 5-7 is an excellent place to start.
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Related Scriptures: Ecclesiastes 12:13; Romans 2:4-5; 2 Timothy 3:2-3

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“For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.” - Mark 4:22

Proverbs 14:29 “Wisdom Controls Wrath”

“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”

When under stress, the man of wisdom continues to think and is slow to speak on the matter. He is of a humble spirit, does not seek his own, and tries to appease strife, knowing that a gentle answer turns away wrath. The man who lacks wisdom reacts, escalating the issue and exalting his own folly for all to see. His pride does not allow him to consider the end of the matter and he will often be put to shame.

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Related Scriptures: Proverbs 15:18; 16:32; 22:24-25; 25:8; Daniel 3:19-25; 1 Corinthians 13:4-5; James 1:19; 3:17-18

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“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.” – Proverbs 22:24-25