Guard Your Treasure
Proverbs 7:1–3 (NKJV)
“My son, keep my words,
And treasure my commands within you.
Keep my commands and live,
And my law as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.”
One quiet morning, I found myself enjoying a rare moment of stillness—coffee in hand, resting in bed, while my wife and children had already left for school and work. In that moment of calm, I sensed a gentle nudge from the Holy Spirit: Read Proverbs 7. As I did, verses 1 to 3 arrested my heart. It felt as though God was speaking to me personally.
The opening words struck me deeply: “My son, keep my words.”
The word keep carries the meaning of hedging around, guarding, protecting. Immediately, a confronting question arose—Do I truly hedge my life with the Word of God? Do I actively guard myself by it, or do I merely acknowledge it? And the same question extends to you.
The passage continues: “Treasure my commands within you.”
The Hebrew meaning of treasure is to reserve, to hoard, to store up something of great value. This challenges us on two levels. First, do we regard the Word of God as something precious—an asset of immeasurable worth? Second, do we actually store it within us, or do we engage with Scripture casually and occasionally? What is striking is that this is not a suggestion—it is a directive.
Scripture then makes the promise unmistakably clear: “Keep my commands and live.”
Life—true life—is connected to obedience and intimacy with God’s Word. The instruction of the Lord is to be cherished like the apple of your eye, guarded instinctively and instinctually. To bind the Word on our fingers and write it on the tablet of our hearts speaks of deep integration. It is not about quoting verses, but about becoming the Word we profess.
To have the Word written on your heart means you no longer merely speak the message—you are the message. It reflects a lifestyle, a covenant walk, and a transformed manner of living. This is what it means to be married to the Word of God.
Sadly, many people rarely open their Bibles, and many who identify as Christians do not consistently reflect the character and nature of Christ. The key to becoming an accurate witness—the message made flesh—is integration with the Word of God. Not proximity. Not familiarity. Integration.
So the question remains:
Are you willing to be married to the Word of God?
Are you willing to live a life hedged in by His truth?
Are you prepared to truly treasure what He has given you?
Pause for a moment and consider this: if you were entrusted with the Kimberley Diamond, how carefully would you guard it? How intentional would you be in protecting and valuing it?
The Word of God is far more valuable than any earthly treasure.
The challenge before us is simple, yet profound—how do we treat that treasure?