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Tuesday... So, what do we listen to?


Proverbs 15;2 (NLT), "The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing, but the mouth of a fool belches out foolishness."

Tuesday... So, what do we listen to?

There is so much out there that we can and do listen to. Solomon in Proverbs 15:2 (NLT) says, "The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing, but the mouth of a fool belches out foolishness." Yes, we have a choice here. 


Over in Luke 6:6-8a (NLT) it says, "On another Sabbath day, a man with a deformed right hand was in the synagogue while Jesus was teaching." Now this was a tremendous opportunity, wasn't it? The wisest of all men was teaching. But "The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely. If he healed the man's hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath." Such a wasted time, such a foolishness, And then verse 8a says, "But Jesus knew their thoughts."

We too many times listen to the fools belching out foolishness, leading us down the wrong paths and wasting the opportunity of listening to the tongue of the wise. It just isn't appealing to us. We have our own selfish foolish agenda. That is what these teachers of religious law and Pharisees had and Jesus knew their thoughts just as he knows our thoughts.  

Verse 45 says, "A good heart produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart."

Jesus says in verses 47-49, "I will show you what it's like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn't obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins."

Verses 8b-11 continues, "He said to the man with the formed hand, 'Come and stand in front of everyone.' So the man came forward. Then Jesus said to the critics, 'I have a question for you. Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or destroy it?' He looked around at them one by one and then said to the man. 'Hold out your hand.' So the man held out his hand, and it was restored! At this, the enemies of Jesus were wild with rage and began to discuss what to do with him." And we know what that led to. Good Friday is coming and so is Easter. 

What a foolishness. No way did they win. And that was their choice.

Again, "The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing, but the mouth of a fool belches out foolishness." 'When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built." Now that is what we get if we listens to his teaching, and then follows it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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