Monday... Why do we think we can do it by ourselves?

Proverbs 2:2-3 (NIRV), "Let your ears listen to wisdom. Apply your heart to understanding. Call out for the ability to be wise. Call out for understanding."

Monday... Why do we think we can do it by ourselves?

When we don't have to.

Here it is Monday. We are headed into a new day, a new week and a new month and so many will face it on their own. So many think they can do it by themselves. But here is the truth for a new day, a new week and a new month. We don't have to. We don't.

Let me introduce you to something you may not know. Proverbs 2:2-3 (NIRV) says, "Let your ears listen to wisdom. Apply your heart to understanding. Call out for the ability to be wise. Call out for understanding."

And each one of us can do this.

But who do we call out to? Where do we go? And that could be our problem.

Proverbs 2:6-8 says, "The LORD gives wisdom. Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth. He stores up success for honest people. He is like a shield to those who live without blame. He guards the path of those who are honest. He watches over the way of his faithful ones." There it is, the LORD gives wisdom.

Now verses 4-5 in the Amplified Bible says, "If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver and search for her as you would hidden treasure; then you will understand the [reverent] fear of the LORD [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] and discover the knowledge of God."

Proverbs 1:7 (NIV) says, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Now the Hebrew word fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient. We don't want to be a fool do we?

Proverbs 2:7-8 in The Amplified Bible says, "He stores away sound wisdom for the righteous [those who are in right standing with Him]; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity [those of honorable character and moral courage], He guards the paths of justice; and He preserves the way of His saints (believers)."

Let me give you a great place to start. I read a chapter in the book of Proverbs everyday. It is the book of wisdom. Verses 1-2 (NLT) of chapter 1 says, "These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel. Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise."

Now you can go back to 1 Kings 3 and see that when Solomon was made King by God instead of his father, David, God appeared to him in a dream and He said in verse 5 "What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you." Now verse 10 says, "The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom." And he is the writer of Proverbs.

Now there are 31 chapters in Proverbs. I read chapter 1 yesterday on day one of February and chapter 2 today. Now on the 31st day of January I read Proverbs 31. I have read Proverbs this way each month for many years because it is the book of wisdom and "The LORD gives wisdom. Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth." Just a thought as you are headed into a new month. Yes, yes! #newbeginnings

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 ...

Friday... So what is it that you really fear?

1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT), "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Friday... So what is it that you really fear? Yes, fear holds us back. It seems to take hold of us so that we can't even really enjoy living. Now I have found that one of the best ways to handle fear is to solve the problem of what we fear. Let's say that death is what we really fear. Everyday we wake up afraid to get up because we are afraid to do anything because we are afraid to die. And that is so understandable. Now I have found the solution to fearing death. I have through faith taken care of my fear to die. 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT) says, "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Verse 22 (CEV) says, "Adam brought death to all of us, and Christ will bring life to all of us." Death was not God's plan. Adam was created for an eternal life but he and his partner, Eve blew it and sin a...

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