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Friday... So, do we have it all together?


Proverbs 30:5 (AMP), "Every word of God is tested and refined [like silver]; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him."

Friday... So, do we have it all together?

That is a good, good question. The writer of Proverbs 30 answers it this way in verses 1b-3a (NLT), "I am weary, O God. I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense. I have not mastered human wisdom." Maybe we don't have it all together. Getting up each morning facing the day feeling like this really can make us weary, can't it?


Well verse 3b may give us a clue as to why we feel this way. It says, "nor do I know the Holy One." The Amplified Bible say, "Nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One [who is the source of wisdom.]" And that is the key to having it all together.

Verse 5 says, "Every word of God is tested and refined [like silver]; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him."

Look at what verse 4 (NLT) says, "Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name - and his son's name. Tell me if you know!"

John 3:13 says, "No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven." The "Son of Man" is a title Jesus used for himself." And he also has returned to heaven. So his name is God and his son's name is Jesus.

Back to verse 5 (AMP), "Every word of God is tested and refined [like silver]; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him."

Now here is some wisdom. Verses 7-9 (NLT) says, "O God, I beg two favors from you; let me have them before I die. First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name."

And verse 32, "If you have been a fool by being proud of plotting evil, cover your mouth in shame." And verse 33, "As the beating of cream yields butter and striking the nose causes bleeding, so stirring up anger causes quarrels."

Yes, we can have common sense, master human wisdom and have it all together. Verse 5 says, "Every word of God is tested and refined [like silver]; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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