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

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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