Rejoice With the Wife of Your Youth – (Proverbs 5:18-20)

Daily Bible Study
These passages speak of the character and behavior of the Christian as it relates to godly authority. The word here used for "change" means "rebellion." And it refers to rebellion against authority. And doing so with the intention of undermining civil order and promoting chaos and destruction. We are called by God to respect authority, both human and divine. We are called by the Lord to live at peace with others in a godly manner. Moreover, God commands us directly not to intertwine ourselves with those who wish to bring about rebellion and chaos. We are not to condone, nor support those who wish to bring about chaos, loss of civil order and destruction. When taken in context with the other passages, this speaks of using the power of the Holy Spirit to show loving kindness to all we come in contact with. This includes our enemies and those who might abuse their authority.

We are called to trust in the Lord and as far as it's within our power to live at peace with others. We do this knowing it's not through our own human will power that we accomplish this, but rather through the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. Lastly the phrase, "fear the Lord" does not mean to be afraid of God, but rather to be in relationship with Him. It means to have a deep down love, awe, reverence and respect for God. To have more concern and love for the Lord than we have for ourselves. To be more afraid of not having a close relationship with God than we have for anything else. We have to remember, every person who has ever lived, who is alive today and who will ever live. Have all been created in the image of God. This means that we were specially created by God to have a relationship with Him. And it's through our relationship with God, that we can have the power of God, which strengthens us and helps us to do what is asked of us here in these passages.