Saturday... Oh to really have it.

Thank you so much God for your wisdom that you give through your word, the Bible and through your Spirit who you have given to those who follow you. And following you is the wisest thing that we will ever do in our life. Thank you so much God for the gift of wisdom.

I love the book of Proverbs. A big portion of the book was written by King Solomon who was the wisest of all of God's creation. God gave him the choice of many different gifts and he chose wisdom. That was a very wise thing to do.

I was reading this morning in Proverbs 9 and in verses 7-9 (NLT) he gives some great advice, some great wisdom. He says, "Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt. So don't bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you. Instruct the wise, and they will even be wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more."

That is such good advice. It really is a waste of time to deal with certain types of people but we want so much to change them and that is a good desire but that is God's job. And he so many times just let's them alone until they are ready to get out of protecting themselves by mocking people.

Now the thought is also here that we should not be one of those mockers. Always putting people down, always criticising them, always mocking people who don't think like us or believe like we do. What a waste of our time, to be a mocker. That doesn't get us anywhere except alone.

But being wise is another thing. We don't know it all but we want to know. A wise person sees there is so much out there to learn. Being wise is the way to go.

Now there is one part there that is wise but really difficult for someone who is proud to do. It says, 'But correct the wise, and they will love you." Now the correcting part is easy, we love to do that but taking correction which is wise can be so difficult, can't it? But it is so wise. That is where God needs to work on us. Pride is an enemy of wisdom. Oh God I need you in this area. I like to be the corrector, the teacher but to allow someone to correct me, to make a situation a teachable moment for me is difficult. But it is wise to be humble. It really is.

We can learn something from anyone. Even little children can teach us. Men, for sure your wife can teach you. We don't always need to be the treacher. If we are wise we will always be striving to learn.

"Instruct the wise, and they will even be wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more." That is such a wise person who is always wanting to be wiser, who is wanting to learn.

Verses 11-12 says, "Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life. If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer."

And the verse right before these two verse is the key to wisdom. Verse 10 (AMP) says, "The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of wisdom [its starting point and its essence], and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding and spiritual insight."

Oh to really have it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute.

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT), "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute. This time of the year is so exciting. We get our paycheck from work and then we head to the store or Amazon and buy and buy and buy all those presents and then our check is gone Proverbs 19:2 (NLT) says, "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." But buying gifts can be so much fun and seeing how happy they are when opening those presents makes us feel so good. But then verse 3 says, "People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then they are angry at the Lord." Now for some that is their life. They get money and they spend it on their wants with no thought of what needs to be paid. An important lesson that we have learned is just because you have money in the bank doesn't mean you must spend it. But our enthusiasm takes over. But the problem is when it is gone and there is no money to pay th...

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