Today, being courageous is doing what is right according to what our Father God states in His Word and not according to the world's standards.
We are aware of the Mental Knowledge. As good as it may be, is still inadequate and is capable of producing pride!
In 1 Corinthians 8:1-3...Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him. (NKJV)
Courage is being able to stand in the face of an enemy (a report of sickness, disease; any person who sets out to harm another person; presenting conflict to the body of believer's or elsewhere: ie, on the job site, in ministry, within a family situation that causes bodily hurt, and occurring at the least likely moment)
We have been given our five senses, but they make poor masters in the event of decision making! Basing our decisions on our senses is folly. Without true knowledge we fall victim to our senses and relying on them is detrimental to our lives. Making a decision based on the fear factor, we are likely to run into the confusion arena where darkness takes over. Instead of running to the Father of light with His knowledge, His wisdom, we choose to blanket ourselves in the darkness of confusion and as the fear multiplies, and terror grips our souls, we look for the "way out of the circumstance". When we do not rely on the Word of God, we become the driver (of our situation) to act out on the fear based emotions we are experiencing. This acting out is based on false evidence.
Our trust is to be in God. We are to have knowledge of the Holy One.
It is pretty simple to apply God's Word. In Proverbs 23:12 ...apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge. (NKJV)
It is paramount to apply our hearts to instruction. Just like learning to swim, takes some time, and water swallowing at times, so does learning to read, understand, to practice what we have read, & meditated on in scripture.
I am in awe when people say, "you do not have to read the Bible everyday"! Wow, I certainly do! And if I am not reading it, then I have the CD on with scriptures either on healing or from the New Testament playing. I also keep praise and worship to God going in the center of the house as well!
I surely want the Lord to know that He is welcome in this home! I want Him to always know I desire His wisdom and His way of doing beyond any natural thing I could every choose to do.
In Proverbs 2:10-14...it says that wisdom enters our heart, and knowledge is pleasant to our soul, 11 discretion will preserve us; understanding will keep us. 12 to deliver us from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, 13 from those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 who rejoice in doing evil, and delight in the perversity of the wicked; (NKJV)
Again, it appears simple for us to stay in the light of God and His knowledge. As we stay in His Word and learning His wisdom, then we will not fall into the fear factor of relying on the five senses and of clothing ourselves in darkness! It is imperative to have the light of God's truth shining in on the thing or the man who set out to harm us! We definitely do not want to be the driver, who forcefully drives further into darkness and confusion and try to make a "right decision" based of the senses that bring folly.
It is the Word of God that will keep you and me, preserve you and me, and will deliver us from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things. We are to adhere to God's teachings, and stay in the light, understanding God's ways and thoughts are life to us. As we do this daily, our hearts are growing in courage to make the "right decisions" in the moment we need them most. When or if the enemy appears, we have the courage in our hearts to defeat him with the light and truth of God's Word.
Today, I set out to be faithful to teach others of God and His knowledge. In 2 Timothy 2:22-26 we are told to flee youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 but avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife; 24 and a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will. (NKJV)
You will know those who call on the name of the Lord out of a pure heart. YOU will also recognize those who do not. No, we are not to quarrel or argue, but in humility those who are to be corrected should be corrected. Look at the life of Jesus, and how many people that He corrected. I can think of the priests in the temple when Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers. I also think of Jesus correcting Peter. People must remember what love looks like and it is more than me telling you, "oh, I love you!" You can ask our daughter, that a lot of love came through correcting her and I am certain, our daughter loves her daughter and does correct and will correct her consistently when it is needed. It takes a pure heart filled with the love of God to pursue being humble, avoiding ignorant disputes, avoiding strife, but to correct when necessary.
Then it appears that our hearts are to be filled to the maximum with the love of God and His Word!
Pay attention at the next meeting or leadership time together, and watch those who operate out of the pure heart, who are willing to yield! Then watch for those who take the floor and run with loose lips. Pay attention, to those who want your attention and have to have their say, and then watch those who are humble in the sight of God, who will remain silent till time to speak. Truly, correction is love and is needed, not only in the homes, but in the communities, in business, and in government!
In a recent study I got on Peace, I like what John Paul Jackson wrote in WAGE PEACE! He said that peace is like authority. It is not a spiritual gift that we were born with, but it is something we experience and carry with us. (Is something we grow in, my words)
So the more we KNOW God, and pursue HIM in righteous, & peace, the more we speak, the more authority we carry the STRONG peace through the darkness, to seek light and the truth of God's Word.
I have learned peace to be a violent word. In the Greek, it means to obtain by quietness by removing what seeks to distract and destroy. This peace is not the simple compliant and serene peace, BUT IS AN aggressive taking out or forceful removal of that which needs to be removed. Peace is not a passive word. When seeking God and His peace, love, faith and righteousness, I am setting my boundaries. So when I say peace in my life, I am saying what Jesus spoke in the Gospels. When He spoke "peace be with you", He was stating a command that all chaos, darkness, anything of the enemy had to be removed.
The instruction God has given is there so we can place it in our hearts.It is through this instruction that we learn how to co-operate with God and His way of doing things. As we continue studying and meditating on the Word of God, we grow wise in things of God and His kingdom. We become those living wisely and who practice it regularly.
Today, let's take His wise counsel, fill our hearts with knowledge and wisdom of the Holy One, so if and when the enemy tries to darken the doorway of our hearts, we will tell him to take a hike. Today, I believe us to make no provision for the flesh, but I do expect we will walk properly as we see the day approaching of the Lord's return.
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