PROVERBS (RIGHTEOUSNESS VS. WICKEDNESS)
Soo....as I wrote in the last post, Proverbs is hitting me A LOT different this time around! I LOVE what God is showing and teaching me! Chapters 8 and 9 deal with the importance of wisdom, and interestingly enough, how old and how long wisdom has been around! (lol, I know, I'm not saying it has a BIRTHDAY or anything!) These chapters outline how far back wisdom has been around, to explain it's IMPORTANCE! Chapters 8 and 9 say that wisdom has been around even before we were made, it was there as God created the heavens and the earth! It was there when He created the trees, the streams, the valleys! Wisdom was there when God created man, wisdom can be found in the inhabitable places and the uninhabitable places of the earth! The point made in these chapters is WISDOM CAN BE FOUND LITERALLY EVERYWHERE, AS LONG AS YOU SEEK IT!! It doesn't matter where you are physically or spiritually, if you seek wisdom, your seeking God, they go hand in hand! Now! Chapters 10-13 contrasts the difference between WICKEDNESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS! A few things stood out to me, they were repeated throughout these chapters but in different ways! The first thing that stood out to me, (because this was apart of the OLD ME, and God is rebuilding my character),was how a wicked person has LOOSE LIPS, but a righteous person conceals. Now CONCEAL in these verses don't mean HIDE, or OMIT, it simply means to watch your words, know when to say little, a courser explanation, DON'T BE A PERSON WHO JUST RUNS THEIR MOUTH, KNOW WHEN TO WITHHOLD, KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK AND WHEN NOT TO SPEAK, CHOOSE YOUR WORDS WISELY! A foolish person runs their mouth without any regard, and their words have no substance, but a wise person chooses their words, speaks only facts and truths (backed with the word), and their words are meaningful and helpful! The other subjects that stood out to me, some of my OLD character flaws, was LYING TONGUE, PRIDE, REFUSING GOOD COUNSEL, AND PROCRASTINATION! A lying tongue is an abomination to God, pride brings shame and death, thinking I can do everything by myself not taking any advise from others who know better or the advise from God himself is FOOLISH, and putting things off or not doing it at all brought me to a point where I had nothing but DESIRED EVERYTHING! In order for God to work in us, we have to recognize what the flaws are, confront them, and then allow God to make the changes by reading His word DAILY! Your soul will desire and crave instruction the more and more you seek God! Christianity is not about WHAT YOU CAN'T OR NOT ALLOWED TO DO, it's all about what you are able to do and what you can have when you are obedient to Gods commandments, it's about choosing life, instead of death! Gods possibilities for us are endless, it is fulfilling, and it is satisfying! Proverbs 10:22 says "The blessings of the Lord maketh rich, and addeth no sorrow!" That means that through our obedience to Gods word, and His will for our lives, he will provide all that we need AND MUCH MORE, and with that comes the happiness, joy and peace!!
I love you to LIFE! I hope and pray that if your reading this and haven't given your life over to Christ, make that step, choose Christ, He will make you whole, and on top of your obedience, give you what you need! MORE THAN YOU CAN THINK TO ASK OF HIM! GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!!!
The LYING TONGUE
"The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment" Proverbs 12:19
"Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight" Proverbs 12:22
LOOSE LIPS
"The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked" Proverbs 10:11
"The mulititude of words there wanteth not sin; but he that refraineth his lips is wise" Proverbs 10:19
"He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction" Proverbs 12:3
PROCRASTINATION/LAZINESS
"The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; but the substance of a diligent man is precious." Proverbs 12:27
"The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat." Proverbs 13:4
REFUSING GOOD COUNSEL/PRIDE
"When pride cometh, then come shame; but with the lowly cometh wisdom." Proverbs 11:1
"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise." Proverbs 12:15
"Only by pride cometh contention; but with the well advised is wisdom." Proverbs 13:10
to be continued..........
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