Thursday... We know so much but do we really?

Job 28:1-3 (NLT), "People know where to mine silver and how to refine gold. They know where to dig iron from the earth and how to smelt copper from rock. They know how to shine light in darkness and explore the farthest regions of the earth as they search in the dark for ore." We really do know so much.

But then Job says in verses 12-13, "But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding? No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living." Verse 17 says, "Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold." Verse 19b, "It's worth more than the purest gold." We know so much but do we really?

Then verse 20 says, "But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?"

Verses 23 & 24 has the answer, "God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found, for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens." Verses 25-27 says, "He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much winds should fall. He made the laws for the rain and laid out a path for the lightening. Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly."

And then verse 28, "And this is what he says to all humanity: 'The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding." Do you want what is worth more than the purest gold? And do you want understanding? Well, there it is! Forsake evil and turn your life over to God. Do it today! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... It is so worth it. It really is!

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