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Monday... Do we really realize that?


Monday... Do we really realize that?

This Proverb caught my attention in my morning reading today and I underlined it. My first reading of the day is always in the New International Version of the Bible and Proverbs 21:30 says, "There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord." Do we really realize that?

Yes, God has created an unbelievable creation when he created the brain. We don't even come close to using all of it but even if we did, "There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord." Now that is not a put down, it is just a reality. It just shows what could happen if we started each day searching for God's wisdom, his insight and his plan. The New Living Translation says, "No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord." 

Now there is a part, of course, that we play. Verse 5 (NLT) says, "Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty." One shortcut is not to seek God's wisdom, his understanding, his plan but just to do what seems to come into our mind. Now if we first seek God's wisdom, his insight, his plan then the mind is one way he speaks to us and leads us but if we take a shortcut then that can lead to poverty. Yes good planning and hard work which is our part leads to prosperity if we start with God.

Now this is also important to see. This is a part of God's way of living. Verse 25 says, "Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin, for their hands refuse to work." Yes, hard work is a part of God's plan.

Also verse 29 says, "The wicked bluff their way through, but the virtuous think before they act." The Amplified Bible says, "A wicked man puts on a bold face, but as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity]."

And Verses 30-31 in The Amplified Bible says, "There is no [human] wisdom or understanding or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord. The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance and victory belong to the Lord." That is why I have found it is a good and profitable thing to spend time each morning in the Psalms, the Proverbs and the New Testament. 

Psalm 21:6-7 (NLT) says, "You have endowed him with eternal blessings and given him the joy of your presence. For the king trusts in the Lord. The unfailing love of the Most High will keep him from stumbling." 

And then Ephesians 4:21-24, "Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truths that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of Life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God -truly righteous and holy."

And Proverbs 21:30, (NLT), "No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord." Let's really, really realize that to be true. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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