Proverbs 1:8-9 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: (9) For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Oh, how earthly and human are the dynamics in this passage.
The father is the preceptor, the pattern after which the family unit is shaped. He often has to be away doing such things as fathers do to supply for their families or to protect their fields. The mother on the other hand is mostly at home caring for his children, nurturing them in the instruction of the father.
Isn’t this a beautiful picture of God the Father of us all? With His booming voice, He gave us His instructions on Mt Sinai, and afterward left us with the motherly care of the Torah (the 5 first books of the Bible) to teach us in our daily lives. In Jewish traditions, the Torah is often related to as the “breasts” of God. King David in the Psalms even makes a reference to ‘nursing fathers’.
The event at Mt Sinai is paralleled in both concept and chronology with the events in Jerusalem ten days after Jesus’ ascension. Here was Jesus leaving the disciples, but He sent them the Holy Spirit to lead and comfort them in their daily lives.
May we proudly bear the Instruction (translated as ‘law’ in most Bibles; ‘Torah’ in Hebrew) of our Heavenly Father as an “ornament of grace” unto our heads; and may the laws of the Holy Spirit be daily the chain that decorates our neckline. May they be heavenly accessory part of our daily garments. May we rejoice in them that all may see and glorify our “Father which is in Heaven”.
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