OUR WALK WITH GOD,
WORD OF THE DAY: "GUARD"
Scripture reference: Proverbs 4:23 (Amplified Version)
"Keep your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life."
See also, Proverbs 4:10-15, 20-27
Guard = "to keep, to protect, to maintain."
Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary defines guard,
Swordsmen shout, "ON GUARD!" If fencers let down their guard, even for
" Take fast hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is
"Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart."
"Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."
"But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord [God's Word]…he
We all have heard the old adage, "Garbage in, Garbage out." I want to add to that.
Protect your heart with more diligence than you would guard your most prized worldly
"On guard!"
c. Carol Kenreigh, July 14, 2001
" 1. To keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over…2. To keep
under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc…3. to keep
under control or restraint as a matter of caution or prudence…4. To
provide or equip with some sort of protective appliance, as to prevent
loss, injury, etc….5. Sports. To position oneself so as to obstruct or
impede the movement or progress of an opponent…."
one moment, they may become sliced and diced by the opponent. If your
heart is ever left in "ribbons and threads" in any situation, consider
guarding your heart more diligently.
your life." Proverbs 4:13 (Amplified Version).
Proverbs 4:21, (Amplified).
Psalm 119:11, KJV
habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and night."
Psalm 1:2 Amplified.
" Word of Life in, Word of Life out."
possession. Your stuff cannot give you life and health and strength but God's believed,
confessed and living Word can.