Keep Thy Foot

Ecclesiastes 5:1 KJVS
“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.”

The sacrifice of foois the opposite of our true love offering to our Heavenly Father.

What did our Lord say in the book of Hosea?

Hosea 6:6 KJVS
“For I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”

Solomon was used by our Heavenly Father to write the book of Ecclesiastes, and the book of Ecclesiastes was written to the man who walks under the sun, in the flesh. 

Solomon was also used by our Heavenly Father to write the book of Proverbs which speaks abundantly of the knowledge of God, and that knowledge that we take within our flesh, as we walk under the sun, is our true love offering to Him.

Let’s look at our reverence to our Lord in Proverbs Chapter 1.

Proverbs 1:1-7 KJVS
“The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; [2] To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; [3] To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; [4] To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. [5] A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: [6] To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. [7] The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

Here in verse 7 in Proverbs Chapter 1, God said through Solomon ” the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. ” 

fear in the Hebrew means to show reverence. 

” But fools despise wisdom and instruction “

Indeed, they do.

Let’s continue in Ecclesiastes Chapter 5.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 KJVS
“Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore, let thy words be few.”

Let our words be few and let our Heavenly Fathers Words prevail.  His Words are written within His Holy scriptures. His understanding that He gives us, through the power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ’s name, prevents us from leaning upon our own understanding as we can read in Proverbs Chapter 3.

Proverbs 3:5-7 KJVS
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. [6] In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. [7] Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord and depart from evil.”

Lean not to thine own understanding that can lack the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment and equity. 

Next verse in Ecclesiastes Chapter 5

Ecclesiastes 5:3 KJVS
“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.”

Here we have a multitude of business which means effort or activity. In the book of Ecclesiastes Solomon was writing to the man who walks under the sun which is our fleshly man. In life when we actively work and put forth effort towards a dream, that is in accordance with our Heavenly Fathers will, we may see that dream come to fruition. Now if we look at verse 3 in a spiritual sense, we may find if we exert effort and are active in our labor within our Heavenly Fathers Word, we, again if its Gods will, can be given the correct interpretation of a dream or a vision that is written in the Bible.

What did our Lord say through Paul in the New Testament.

2 Timothy 2:15 KJVS
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Study here means be diligent which is the opposite of being lazy, and in Hebrews chapter 4 our Lord Jesus Christ taught us through Paul to labor which means to show effort, be diligent, to enter into his rest.

Hebrews 4:11-12 KJVS
“Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. [12] For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

His rest is his son Jesus Christ who is the Word of God as we see in John Chapter 1 verses 1 through 5 and verse 14.

However, as it says in Ecclesiastes chapter 5 verse 3 a fool’s voice is known by a multitude of words, and I believe that a fool’s words are their sacrifice, and they consider not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 KJVS
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. [5] Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Obviously if you make a vow to God, you better pay it, and if you are entrusted with knowledge from our Heavenly Father, you must remain a good steward of His mysteries which is the knowledge that He has given unto you through your labor (see 1st Corinthians Chapter 4 verses 1-2). 

Solomon continues.

Ecclesiastes 5:6-7 KJVS
“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? [7] For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.”

Divers vanities which is emptiness can be found in a multitude of dreams of a fool who walks without effort and activity under the sun. Also, I believe in a spiritual sense there are many interpretations of fools, that lack labor in our Heavenly Fathers Word.  However, it is through fear which is reverence (Proverbs Chapter 1 verse 7) for our Heavenly Father through our Lord Jesus Christ, that we lean less on our own understanding (Proverbs Chapter 3) and more on His Words by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is by His power through His Son the Lord Jesus Christ using His Holy Spirit, that guides us in our effort and activity to understand His interpretations.

So let us keep our foot while we are in the flesh and remain rooted in our spiritual labor that we do for our Heavenly Father. Let our words be few so His Words, through our fear, can abound.

The End.