Gamers Are Careful (Prudent)

Hello Gamers!
I hope you are all doing well! I am feeling a little better today than yesterday (flu) and wanted to drop a quick bold print on you! Let's get to it, shall we?

We are in verse 15 of our Proverbs-a-day chapter (NLTse)

15- "Only simpletons believe everything they're told! The prudent carefully consider their steps"

There is that word prudent again and I told you we would take a close look at that word. In the KJV you see "prudent or prudent man" throughout the book of Proverbs.

Simply defined: a prudent person is:

• careful and
  
• sensible;
  
• exercising sound judgment.
  
• Attributes (traits) of a prudent person are: foresight, forethought, circumspection, and discretion.

Verse 15 says that "simpletons" (the Bible's way of saying "DUMMIES") believe anything that they're told. "Prudent people carefully consider their steps". This verse instructs the wise (us) to utilize a combination of foresight and forethought -- both KEY things needed to carefully consider our steps. The key word in both attributes is the "fore" --- fore-though or fore-sight means that we use them beFORE we get ourselves into a mess!! It means we don't walk with our heads down...we pay attention to where we are going! Example:

Let's just say you are trying to stop doing ___________ (you fill in the blank). It seems like everytime we start going good, we fall again. If you "carefully consider your steps" right beFORE you messed up (forethought) you will find that you saw that group at work that was going to do __________ and you didn't listen to "foresight" - you know what THAT group of people are getting ready to do and you still walked over to "just say hi"! Ok, ok -- maybe its not a "group at work" -- but if we pay attention to our steps...we will see the "ones that lead us astray", no?? And if you can SEE them beFORE...you can AVOID them beFORE!!

Gamers, as it says in the beginning of Proverbs, "these proverbs are written to teach people to live disciplined lives" (Pro. 1:2-3). We know that discipline isn't easy, but it holds great rewards for those who "apply their hearts to wisdom".

Please, study the bold print today and make "carefully considering your steps" a "daily habit"!!

Stay in the Game!