SEEKING WISDOM IN GOD'S SPIRIT
Greetings in the name of Jesus:
All of my life has been spent in seeking wisdom from God's Spirit within me. That kind of wisdom needs to be waited on , and time in meditation is needed to understand the value of the wisdom given us. Of course the book of Proverbs 16: is choked with this kind of wisdom and so I thought it might be good for us to spend some time this week in trying to soak in some of it.
" To man belongs the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue" As we start this thought I can't help but be drawn back to all of the times when I had great personal plans within my heart. Some of those things I wanted so badly that I felt I would do anything to get them, and yet when it came down to what was needed to move ahead with a plan I found that I would have to hurt, lie to or cheat someone else to achieve the desired goal. Many times it became a real spiritual matter for me and I found I did not have enough killer instinct within me to pull it off. Many times I found that it was actually a way that God was operating within me that caused me to not be able to go through with what this world said I needed to do to be successful. It seems that all during my life I have fought that kind of thing. In fact in verse 2 it continues " all a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord" it tells us " commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed" The fact is that nothing that I ever did outside of a commitment to God has ever succeeded. " the Lord works out everything for His own ends, even the wicked for a day of disaster" it has been this one fact that has saved me from myself more than once. I spent a lot of time developing my talents, and very little time in promoting what I could do. I found out that the world listened to those who spent the time and money to tell people how good they were, but who were actually very average in their ability. " the Lord detests all the proud of heart' be sure of this; they will not go unpunished" When I think about that it is probably why I have never desired to be self promoting as a vocalist or as an artist. I have never felt that what I do has really ever been for those men and women who have surrounded me, but more for God than anything else.
I have found myself on this journey ;seeking after God, but not understanding why I was except because somehow within my heart I have always loved God. " through faithfulness and love sin is atoned for;, through the feaar of the Lord a man avoids evil". This brings up the question for many of us as to why we are faithful to God and what we really think fear of God is today, because we have long been taught that we should not fear God, but rather be His friend...but that just does not seem right to me. It is far past time that we had a good healthy fear of who God is and a deep respect for the power He has. Our society is getting further away from that kind of thinking, and I believe we will as a creation pay a very steep price for that kind of apathy. I want to continue in the next blog with the completion of this chapter 16 passage because we can find God is speaking directly to us today through His words. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
All of my life has been spent in seeking wisdom from God's Spirit within me. That kind of wisdom needs to be waited on , and time in meditation is needed to understand the value of the wisdom given us. Of course the book of Proverbs 16: is choked with this kind of wisdom and so I thought it might be good for us to spend some time this week in trying to soak in some of it." To man belongs the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue" As we start this thought I can't help but be drawn back to all of the times when I had great personal plans within my heart. Some of those things I wanted so badly that I felt I would do anything to get them, and yet when it came down to what was needed to move ahead with a plan I found that I would have to hurt, lie to or cheat someone else to achieve the desired goal. Many times it became a real spiritual matter for me and I found I did not have enough killer instinct within me to pull it off. Many times I found that it was actually a way that God was operating within me that caused me to not be able to go through with what this world said I needed to do to be successful. It seems that all during my life I have fought that kind of thing. In fact in verse 2 it continues " all a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord" it tells us " commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed" The fact is that nothing that I ever did outside of a commitment to God has ever succeeded. " the Lord works out everything for His own ends, even the wicked for a day of disaster" it has been this one fact that has saved me from myself more than once. I spent a lot of time developing my talents, and very little time in promoting what I could do. I found out that the world listened to those who spent the time and money to tell people how good they were, but who were actually very average in their ability. " the Lord detests all the proud of heart' be sure of this; they will not go unpunished" When I think about that it is probably why I have never desired to be self promoting as a vocalist or as an artist. I have never felt that what I do has really ever been for those men and women who have surrounded me, but more for God than anything else.
I have found myself on this journey ;seeking after God, but not understanding why I was except because somehow within my heart I have always loved God. " through faithfulness and love sin is atoned for;, through the feaar of the Lord a man avoids evil". This brings up the question for many of us as to why we are faithful to God and what we really think fear of God is today, because we have long been taught that we should not fear God, but rather be His friend...but that just does not seem right to me. It is far past time that we had a good healthy fear of who God is and a deep respect for the power He has. Our society is getting further away from that kind of thinking, and I believe we will as a creation pay a very steep price for that kind of apathy. I want to continue in the next blog with the completion of this chapter 16 passage because we can find God is speaking directly to us today through His words. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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