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

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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