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Friday... We really do need to understand what is important!


Psalm 111:10 (AMP), "The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom; a good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord; His praise endures forever."

Friday... We really do need to understand what is important!

Over in Exodus 33, God had gotten so frustrated with the people he had brought out of Egypt and who he was taking to a promised land. They just did not want to do his will. Verses 1-2 NLT) says, "Get going, you and the people you brought up from Egypt. Go up to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I told them, 'I will give this land to your descendants.' And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, and Jebusites.'" He would not go back on his promise.


And then in verse 3 he says, "Go up to the land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel with you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way." God was really frustrated with them.

Now to Moses, who was their leader and who was a very godly man verse 14 says, "The Lord replied, 'I will go personally with you, Moses, and I will give you rest - everything will be fine for you.'" Verses 15-16 (AMP), "Moses says to Him. 'If Your presence does not go [with me], do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we are distinguished, Your people and I, from all the [other] people on the face of the earth?"

Verse 17 goes on, "The Lord said to Moses, "I will also do this thing that you have asked; for you have found favor (lovingkindness, mercy) in My sight and I have known you personally by name.'" The NLT says, "The Lord replied to Moses, "I will indeed do what you have asked for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name."

And then over to Psalm 111:10 (AMP) which says, "The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom; a good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord; His praise endures forever." 

Yes, we really do need to understand what is really important! And also remember, verse 2 says, "Great are the works of the Lord, studied by those who delight in them." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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