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Proverbs
14:12 Amp. Bible 12 There is a way which seems right to a man and appears
straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death. Truly God is
good, but adding flesh to something will only add up to more flesh, the pig
wallowing in the mire…………Jesus spoke in John 4:24, "God is Spirit, and
those who worship Him must worship in spirit & truth," meaning we must
worship to the fullest of God's intent as revealed in His Word!
In
applying God’s word to our daily life takes action on our part. And every
decision we make in regard to our life in care and responsible attitude toward
other family members requires us to include each with truth. Every action taken
is to be guided & determined by God’s revealed truth. Yet, how many corners
do we cut when we feel it serves us better?
It
sounds like this: “I have this God” and then find yourself in a bigger mess
that when you started. I remember us buying a house one time, but I think I was
the only one who really loved it, since I was the only one home most of the time! So
when other are involved in the decision making it is best to consider all those
participating in that major decision: like buying a house, buying a car, moving
to another city or when one might pull back from some work to do what God
really asked us to do.
The Book
of Proverbs is a good place to start and there is one chapter for each day of
the month. Can you imagine how much wisdom you would acquire in a year by daily
reading God’s wisdom into your heart?
Proverbs
8:36 But he who sins against me
wrongs his own soul; all those that hate
me love death. Neglecting God is one seeking death and by forsaking His
wisdom which is His Word then we live by
our own wisdom! Choosing God ‘s wisdom
is choosing to live and live the way He purposed for our lives.
If we remember Proverbs 14:12 reveals this:
there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. Anything
outside of God’s way is reaping death. It can appear as mass murders, suicides
and all kinds of life-taking, life-ending destructive paths.
We are
told in 1 Corinthians 2:6 we are to speak wisdom among those who are mature,
yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this who are coming to
nothing….no, anything outside of God and His ways and truths is a casualty
looking for a place to happen!
Proverbs
21:30 there is no wisdom or understanding or counsel against the LORD. Deliberately
determined to do what is wrong is death to those who do it; We have seen this
come from Adam and Eve and it is happening in the streets of America today.
Deliberately choosing to one’s own agenda is death indeed! Anything outside
what God purposed is one choosing to themselves the world’s ways. To
me that is just dangerous and so wrong to take yourself and your loved ones
down the one-way path to hell and destruction!
In
applying God’s word to our lives, we seek to place His will over our own will.
Like Jesus, not our will but yours Father be done on earth as it is in Heaven. In applying that word, we find that which is
building us in strength. Like from
Proverbs 19:21 that there are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the
LORD’S counsel---that will stand. That
we reject the counsel of the ungodly and hear the LORD’S counsel above all
others. We also confess that we are instructed even as when we are sleeping and
in the morning, that we pray to do what is right rather than follow the leading
of our own flesh. We also speak out that the wisdom of this world is
foolishness with You, Lord (1 Corinthians 3:19)
and may we not buy into it, but keep our eyes on You and have ears to
hear Your voice.
May we not
be presumptuous in any step we take, we must know our steps to be ordered of
the Lord and not to make adjustments to His word as we see fit. HE is the
healer, the ONE worthy to receive honor and praise for the great sacrifice to
see us get not death, but life everlasting.
Romans
6:21-23 …….What fruit did you have
then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is
death. 22 But now having been set free from sin, & having become slaves of God, you have
your fruit to holiness, & the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of
sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
A
changed heart is a seeking heart, not of worldly things that are passing away,
but a seeking Heart is transparent, it is one that reflects life in Christ
Jesus. Jesus must not only be Savior ,
He must also be our Lord. Not being obedient to His word brings unwelcome
consequences. We are not saved by the
admission of guilt, nor are we saved because we attend church every week. In God’s
kindness and mercy, salvation that is true comes from accurately understanding
the cost to save and the cost required to be saved. May our lives truly exhibit
change that is of a holy life abounding in God’s grace not to sin but to really
live a life in Him. Amen.
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