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Wednesday... This is so important to know and have.


Proverbs 28:25-26 (AMP), "An arrogant and greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be blessed and prosper. He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool, but he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued."

Wednesday... This is so important to know and have.

You will find this word two times in Proverbs 28:25-26 (AMP). It says, "An arrogant and greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be blessed and prosper. He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool, but he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued." The word is trust.


Now our trusting in the Lord is so important but totally trusting in our own heart can have problems. Yes, trust is so important to know and have but in the right who makes all the difference.

I just read in John 13 of a very special time that Jesus had with his 12 disciples. It was in this time that he revealed that one of them could not be trusted. He knew that Judas was going to betray him because of greed. But he also knew that Peter would deny knowing him even when Peter thought he would give his life for him. Jesus even knew that all of them would run away when trouble came but he also knew that all of them except one would die for him later in their lives.

We really want to trust ourselves but trusting in the Lord and in his wisdom makes all the difference in our lives. Proverbs 28:26 says, "He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool, but he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued." The NLT says, "Those who trust in their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe." And verse 25, "Greed causes fighting; trusting the Lord leads to prosperity."

Yes, Jesus knew that Judas' greed was going to get to him. And that Peter may have thought that he could trust in his own insight. He thought that he would die for Jesus and eventually he did but at this time in his maturity he would deny even knowing him. Trusting in God's wisdom is the way to go. That is why we need to spend time filling our mind with God's Word and know and believe that trusting in the Lord will bring blessing and leads to prosperity.

Yes trusting in God and his wisdom will make all the difference in our lives. Give it a try and see the difference it makes. By the way, start reading in Proverbs in the Old Testament and John in the New. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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