The way David wrote in metaphors in the section I was reading today really spoke to me. The tablet of your heart, binding character traits around your neck; both of those phrases bring up a certain mental images. Binding something around your neck could be seen both as a yoke and as a sign, one controlling your actions and the other advertising your beliefs. If there is something to be known for you can pick less attractive traits than love and faithfulness.
Do not be wise in your own eyes is a great cautionary word to Christians. So often we decide that we know God's will, that we know what is best both for ourselves and others. 'Small' risks are incidental, temptations that we can handle. Too often it is the seeds that these risks and temptations plant that grow into faith-choking issues.
The best defense against leaning on human knowledge in my experience is surrounding yourself with brothers that you can be open and honest with. Brothers that do not fear telling you what needs to be said without having to worry if you will take offense. Brothers that are committed to you and your growth as much as you are committed to theirs.
Thank God I have such brothers!
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Aww, I'm blushing over here!
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