The Anatomy of Discipleship

Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, we come this morning to one of the most famous passages in the book of Proverbs. But though the central verse of this warning that the Father gives to His son rightly jumps out at us, we should not let the focus on the heart distract us from the rest of the body parts mentioned. The last section talked about the way of the righteous and the way of the wicked. This passage, though, presents the anatomy of discipleship. It talks about eyes and ears, feet and mouths. If we wanted to summarize it with a NT verse, we could say that it tells us to present our members as instruments of righteousness. Wisdom internalized must become wisdom externalized, and that can only happen when you guard your heart.