1. Don't hate discipline (1-14)

Many people think they are being honest when they live according to their feelings. But our all-wise Father God warns us that illicit love affairs and/or promiscuous lifestyles are not only foolish, but they lead to death (5). Those who hate discipline and whose hearts spurn correction someday will be full of regret (12).

2. Drink water from your own cistern (15-23)

There is great peace and satisfaction of soul when we learn joyfully to accept the life God has given us. When we do things that we know are wrong, thinking that no one is watching, we may be sure that our ways are in full view of the Lord (21). One who thinks that he is expressing his freedom when he sins, finds that the cords of his own sin hold him fast, and that he dies for lack of discipline (22,23).

Application: Lord, teach me to discipline my heart and my words and my actions, and live according to your word, rather than by my own fickle feelings.
One Word: Exercise discipline--live in God's sight