Today's Beginning

Thursday... We can't get the better of God. We can't! There are so many things that we believe that we can do and we can do so much. We really can but we can't get the better of God. Proverbs 21:30 (MSG) says, "Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived, can get the better of God." The Contemporary English Version says it this way, "No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the Lord." We live in a day when people seem to do the impossible. Nothing seems to stop them. But what could we do if we had God out ahead looking at what is ahead and giving us insight and confidence and wisdom? We only use a small portion of our potential. It is great to be positive but sometimes it is the wise thing to realize what we can't do. We can't get the better of God, we can't defeat the plans of the Lord. We can't, so why do we try? I love verse 31. In The Message Paraphrase it says, "Do your best, prepare for ...

Tuesday... Do we really realize this? Do we?  There are many things that we know, that are important to know.  I just took my wife, Margaret to the airport. She is going to California for her work. Well, we went on the Freeway and it seems that a lot of drivers don't know the speed limit. At least they weren't going the speed limit. And that could be a problem. Now I came across a verse in Proverbs 21 that is important for us to know. Maybe we don't realize that it is there but we need to know it and live it. Proverbs 21:30 (NLT) says, "No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord." Now we really have a very high opinion of ourselves and that is important but it is more important to realize that we don't come close to God. He is all-powerful, all-knowing. There is nothing, no one that compares to God especially us. But we don't live like that is true. Now if we understand that, we realize that and we seek His wisdom and live His plan...