What I have Written, I have Written

What do we see as the enemy? What do we see that we honor without really knowing what it or they represent to us and to others?

It was evident that the Jews had a direction they decided to travel and Jesus was not a part of their plan. Yet, He was and is truth and life to them and they refused Him!

John 19:17-22 NKJV And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of the Skull, which called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. 19 Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. 20 Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. 21 Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, "The King of the Jews." 22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."

Each of us can give voice to that which is desirous to our heart. What do we celebrate but is really death to us?  We can give our opinion or view of any subject that we think we have great knowledge of and on. And if we appear in a place of position, somehow that place seems to give more credence to what we may believe and trust in our heart. So if we are giving voice to something, have we started in the place of prayer? It is important hat God's love shows up in that which we pray for and seek to know that is the knowledge of God where insight is given to help us discern the best, the pure and the blameless way of walking while presenting truth to any  situation and possibly the world?
To give voice to the right thing, means we give it in the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ who is the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-11)

But there are those who abuse their power to exert their own agenda in having things their way even if it brings death to another!

Have we bound mercy and truth around our neck and written them on the tablet of our heart so that we find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man. Or are we going about to make a statement about someone or something just to exert that "our will" is exerted on another person? (For that is sin) You and I are to trust in the Lord with all of our heart and not to lean on that which is known as the human living in a humanistic world, but we are to acknowledge Him in all that we do in the ways of walking through this world into the next place in our future.

For if we acknowledge Him, then He is directing our path and He can do for us that is life,  for that relationship with our spouse that is a marriage founded on His word of truth. Acknowledging Him in raising children for Him, or even to acknowledge what our place in Him is to look like and how we get there without exerting pain on others.  So, as we choose not to be "wise in our own eyes" we fear the Lord and depart from evil to find health for our flesh and strength to our bones. In this we look to honor Him with our possessions and with the first fruits of all our increase. (Proverbs 3:3-10)

Acknowledging Him is to be our thought and to be our way. It is not making Him aware to be on guard for us on this, but that we make our heart aware to follow Jesus, counsel with Him, and that we make our own heart know His truth and His thoughts to walk in His ways while we travel a lifetime to eternity! Continuing in His righteousness, we see the reward of that effect. And when correction comes and it will most certainly come, we are to heed that is of God's love and His concern for us as individuals that the correction comes. And then how you and I respond to that correction will reveal what path we truly travel on: either for Him and His glory or for ourselves and for our own glory!

In Matthew 27:15-26 NKJV Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. 16 And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17 Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18 For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy. 19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him."
Matthew 27: 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let Him be crucified!" 24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it."
Matthew 27:25 And all the people answered and said, "His blood be on us and on our children." 26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

Pilate's wife sent word to tell him of her dream the night before. He is given a word by her not to have anything to do with Him because of what she experienced while dreaming of Jesus.

In remembrance of all the things that occurred to Jesus, we consider Peter denying him and Judas betraying him for monetary gain. It was Pilate who declared Jesus the Christ to have no fault in him. And for Pilate’s wife a dream was given. How much previous knowledge would she have had of Jesus before that night? It is possible she had heard many voices speak of Him, but did she regard the voices?

If we view the whole of the written word of God, it is God Himself who will not leave himself without witnesses to the truth of what He is giving to a people. “Have nothing to do with the just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”  Pilates’ wife gave a caution of warning what would be wrapped up in Jesus the Christ. 

In regard to others, do we regard that friendship to be foremost and given especially when so many things are appearing around us? Pilate was bombarded on all sides: the Jews who desired by envy to put Jesus away for good, the Sanhedrin who were led by Caiaphas the high priest and elders present were active to influence the people in favor of Barabbas. Then there was also the Roman government with its rules and own law.  And we know Jesus was led to Annas first .( John 18:12-14) 

The detachment of troops and its captain and officers of the Jews arrested Jesus. And bound they led Him away. This Annas asked Jesus information of His disciples and His doctrine. And Jesus answered that He had spoken openly to the world. He told him that He had taught in synagogues and in the temple where the Jews always met and in secret He told Annas that He had spoken nothing.  In John 18: 21 “Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said.” Because of Jesus’ answer to Annas, He was struck by an officer who stood by, but Jesus' answer was: “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil, but if well, why do you strike Me?”

And of course, then Jesus is sent to the court of Pilate!

What lay ahead was a view of people who asked for the evil of Barabbas to be released and to destroy the just Man Jesus.  These were corrupt leaders who set themselves to show Jesus as the corrupt, the Man who did wrong, was spoken of as a deceiver and was in league with the devil. This people became those who managed mobs at the expense of the innocent man.

In truth, the High Priest Caiaphas was never to tear his garments. And some have written that he most likely did not have on his priestly garment at the time…..not sure why that would have been since he was High Priest! But we do know that the High Priest was present and that Jesus Christ stood before him.  And what was to be regarded as truth, these priests did wickedly. In  Deuteronomy 17:8-9 If a matter arises which is too hard for you to judge, between degrees of guilt for bloodshed, between one judgment or another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God chooses. 9 and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge there in those days, and inquire of them; they shall pronounce upon you then sentence of judgment.

A witness was required to initiate the penalty by casting the first stones, thus subjecting himself to blood revenge should his testimony prove to be false. (Deut. 19:15-21)

The witness was to give truth!

Some people love having the power but they choose to abuse by lies exerting that power bringing pain or even death it upon those who would be the “innocent”. Those with the abusive power do come to their end in the error of their ways when causing such wicked things on the innocent.
Within these scenes that led up to Jesus' crucifixion we find a group of people who moved hurriedly to make decisions  that revealed violence not only on Jesus, but also that which ultimately would come to their nation. They were the blind leading the blind!

Even though Pilate did not regard the warning from his wife, he did see something in the Just Man. But choosing to disregard the good Man , the Just Man sin is expressed and multiplied indeed.

Proverbs 8: 29 When He assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him, 31 rejoicing in His inhabited world, and my delight was with the sons of men.

God's wisdom is a life-giver. He enriches us with His wisdom when we seek His counsel and when we seek to be the witness that declares His goodness to man. Peace on earth comes when men have the Prince of Peace on their hearts. When the water represents man, then those people should not transgress the Lord's boundaries for safety!
 Psalm 93:2-5 NKJV Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, they floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves,  4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea. 5 Your testimonies are very sure; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever.
Things are swept away by floods of adversity, swept away by those with hostile natures against other men and when they all make their voices heard, it is only God Who is established and His word stands sure!

Pilate had sought to release Jesus: John 19:12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Whoever makes himself a kings speaks against Caesar."

 The pronouncement: "What I have written, I have written." Roman law forbade the sentence written to be altered in any manner or form. It was an inscription pronouncing something against Jesus. BUT what was given was prophetic indeed. The kingdom of the Jews would have no other Messiah. Jesus was crucified because He was the king of the Jews. In the book of Matthew it was given as an accusation against Him, but in the book of John it is given as His title!

 What do we profess? What does our day, week or year look like in regards to Jesus? Do you and I regard Jesus by His title in all we do and how we regard others when making appointments with them? Do we consider those things as important as enjoying the world and its positions for such a limited time to leave Jesus behind and do our own thing?
Again, do we give regard to Him or do we take account of choosing Barabbas to serve the world? There was no crime in Jesus, and that innocence when it was written of Him, that sign would be revealed upon the cross of the dying Messiah. 
Yes, Caiaphas pronounced someone had to die for the good of the people. In meaning: these men in some form of witness  but not for the good of Jesus, but as the witness against Him, that which was the written proved to be that which prophesied of His title. Yes, the Jews rejected Christ Jesus and would not have Him for their king. And Pilate the Gentile knew this, still he remained to give an earnest account of the king of the Jews.

John 19:19 Pilate wrote the sign himself: Jesus of Nazareth , the king of the Jews. And verse 21 "the chief priest of the Jews" meant they were no longer priests of the Lord.

What is written on your heart?  Have you written on your heart: "Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews"? What appears written if we take a look into that arena of your heart?

In 1 Kings 3:9 Solomon as king asked for a hearing heart. "Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours?" Whatever our walk, whatever is given to you and me we are to deal in that knowing our limitations are there no matter what and ultimately we are to rely on the Lord to have victory in this lifetime. In His wisdom we gain even more wisdom and discernment of the King, and we discern the importance to honor Jesus and to honor relationships that He has given into our hands. If we do not honor them, then how much less do we honor HIM?
What I have written, I have written!

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In These Times of Violence

Father, we repent as a nation of not turning to YOU in these times of violence. As Daniel prayed in 9:4-19 …..O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.

O, Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day----to the men of this nation who have been unfaithful to YOU!

(v.8) O Lord, to us belongs shame of face to our (leaders, our fathers) who have sinned against You  …….To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness though we have rebelled against Him.  v. 14 Therefore the LORD has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. V. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day-----we have sinned, we have done wickedly!

v.16 O Lord, according to all your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from us….this nation which was established in YOUR holy name…

v. 17 Now, therefore our God, hear the prayer of Your servant and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God , incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations  and the city which is called by Your name, for we do not present our  supplications before You because of our righteous deeds but because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.

From verse 14, we see the LORD has kept the disaster in mind for the land! When people choose to lift up the false narratives and false ways and give praise to those who choose to be lazy and not work, but beat up and kick to the curb those who sacrifice time for their family, for their job and to be responsible then a nation has gone in the wrong direction!

What comes from our hearts? Is there a cry for righteousness or just to get our own way? What if we ask God for His way and His truth? What if we walk the straight and the narrow to see His kingdom come on earth and in us? Jesus did not come to accommodate our culture, but He did come to set up His kingdom!

WHEN Daniel prayed out his petitions to God: he prayed basing them on God’s character:   His greatness , His faithfulness, His righteousness , His forgiveness & mercies; & on the very interests God has for His people including the city of Jerusalem, the holy mountain of God, His sanctuary.

If we as a nation see corruption, do we pray for our leaders, not only in the government of this nation as our President, vice-President, those that represent the districts within states of this union,  but also for the mayors of cities & towns, for police officers, firefighters, those first-responders & medics or for our schools & those as leaders in those places? Do we stand in the gap, when so much immorality is given in war of words, paraded in commercials on T.V., flaunted on our streets & where lies prevail in the marketplace!

WHO will stand in the gap for God: Ezekiel 22:29-30  NKJV The people of the land have used oppression's, committed robbery, & mistreated the poor & needy; & they  wrongfully oppressed the stranger. 30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, & stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

Are we too busy to pray? Are we caught up in tracing our ancestors of yesteryear that we have no time for today? Do we look for more ways to be entertained than to see why our children are acting out in public or at school?  For what is in one’s heart will certainly reflect what they fill up on in the place they call home.

Our grand-daughter had been over for a visit in recent weeks and one of the things I noticed that a channel I purposed showed nothing for a nine year old. It was young teens acting like they were twenty years and older and then acted  out like they were much older for those things with guys that was not prudent or safe for a young girl to see and entertain within her thinking. YES, I changed the channel!

What has happened to this nation? What has happened to your nation? Do we pray for our leaders and those in charge of making decisions or are those elected only there to direct their wishes onto the public. I heard a man speaking yesterday that all baby-boomers were spoiled children and they all acted out by becoming hippies. In regards to a past president, he made comment of the Clinton's and their thing with 'pot'.

 My husband and I were considered of that generation, but we came later and while those twenty something’s were out parading with their drug paraphernalia, going bare-footed, and speaking “groovy man” we were working after school. My husband worked till dark every day after school while he was still at home. I was to do my homework and then to find the dish soap to wash a dish when the dinner was done, and if the lawn needed cutting, my sister or I would cut it in order to help our parents out who both worked for a living.

'Pot' was not a part of our thing, paraphernalia or anything else. If my dad or mother knew we had gone to do any of that kind of thing, we certainly would know that sitting down would be a hard thing for us do for the next week and we would know that we were not to do that thing again. My parents did not drink in front of us nor behind us. They chose to leave that stuff when raising a family.

Some of the people that I knew told stories of that hippie thing were those who were born in the early and mid-forties of the twentieth century. So too me, they were those who did not have a father at home due to the battles overseas and the war with Japan. Still, we had our dad at home with us when the Vietnam war came. The sacrifice that came was because people dared to think our nation could continue as the one nation under God. And many who went to war did not return home to their home or family again!

We were taught to have a respect for those who fought those battles overseas so there would never be battles here. But I believe someone forget to teach the importance of knowing the truth of those wars and why they were fought over there!

When our daughter was growing up, we taught her about the history of our state and the history of the nation. We talked about relatives who went to fight overseas and reminded her of those who gave their lives for that freedom that she could enjoy! 

What we magnify, we create!

As Daniel prayed: " O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land."

Yes, we have committed iniquity and it continues to grow at an alarming rate. Will people wake up to the "mess" that embroils this place we call 'home'? Or are we satisfied to go about doing our own thing as long as we are not disturbed in any way.

Many of those who came after us and still considered 'the baby boomers' have all held jobs and raised their children to become adults that choose to live in a house and pay taxes. They chose to raise their children to know truth and be raised in the admonition of the LORD. 

I pray people would stop playing the 'blame game' and come out from among them to find peace in God and become all that He purposed for His people. For He has given us direction in our identities. He purposed us from our mother's womb to be precisely who He planned for from the foundation of the world. I pray people would stop to pray whenever they read this or wherever they might be that they would set their hearts to pray and to hear from heaven for this nation and its leaders, for that place where they live and reside to be responsible with what God has placed in their hands to do for Him and His glory.

Father, we pray because we love You our creator.  As the man or woman, we have this desire to be together with You and communicate! We give praise for who You are and what awesome power and majesty surrounds You. You are our strength and You are our portion, our source and our life!

Jesus warned his disciples to watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation 
(Matthew 26:41) 

Thank You Father for the power in prayer for we have learned that having this spiritual life is air to our natural life. Today we choose prayer so that we would not become the weak and the exposed. Nor we will not allow the enemy to gain any ground in deceiving us.

We ask for intervention so that human affairs will not dominate this nation and the world. We invite You to work on earth so that Your kingdom comes into those multitudes who would be lost without this intervention.

We are thankful for salvation and we earnestly remember Your goodness to us in the land of the living. We set out to pray and not lose heart and to pray without ceasing. For in Daniel we saw him pray and be given more insight to revelations of You and Your kingdom. We know those who have been subdued by the strength of Your fire. For those raged against Daniel certainly were hushed when consumed by the lions when they had poised to take out Daniel because he prayed. Chains were broken for Paul & Silas when they praised God. And Hannah received a child into what was once a barren womb when she prayed and believed for that child that God could give. 

We pray expecting truth to prevail in this nation and around the world. We pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ, both near and far that they would see Your kingdom come into their lives, into their communities and into their nations. For in these times of violence, we pray for them to have freedom in religion to worship the true God, where the fountain of life flows and the blessings manifest!

We pray babies will no longer be aborted but live for God and for His glory. We pray marriages would be strong and overcome the works of the flesh. We pray children would be raised to know the truth of God and become the strength He has planned for their lives in the future. We call out those destined for leadership and to take their rightful places in righteousness of God to pray,  to inhale His goodness and His word and exhale the strength of that wisdom into the work place, schools, and government.

 We pray for the safety of children of all ages and that the enemy cannot touch them in the womb or within their homes. The enemy cannot have our children or grand-children, and he cannot touch what we have asked God to protect by the blood of His son Jesus!

We pray for safety for our brothers and sisters in Christ who go out to give the Gospel to those wandering in the dark. Father, thank You for their faithful hearts and give them strength to carry out Your plan. We honor You this day and this hour and speak, Come Lord Jesus, Come!

It is in Jesus' name we have prayed. Amen

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Executing Wisdom on the Earth

Proverbs 24:30-34 I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; 31 And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; its surface was covered with nettles; its stone wall was broken down. 32 When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction: 33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest; 34 So shall your poverty come like a prowler, and your need like an armed man.

Observing the sloth there is tragedy in the house! According to this passage, this man has no understanding. His place, that where he resides is all grown up and the surface is covered with nettles. It did have a stone wall but that is broken down. Being asleep to responsibility is allowing things to go without attention!

Do we set purpose toward having a job and showing up on time? DO we seek to caring for that which has been given into our hands? Do we struggle on getting up in the morning but chose to stay up late? Proverbs 6:9-11 How long will you slumber ( lie down), O sluggard? 

When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep----11 So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, and your need like an armed man.

Showing no effort towards living this life given us, really points to that idle behavior, that has no result of good in it! In relating to the one, who, when the alarm goes off in the morning should one readily reach to shut off the alarm and arise to the day the Lord has made? But I wonder how many struggle with that alarm! I wonder how many just want to stay in bed.

What about shopping for groceries or taking care of paying those bills? The sloth appears when one has no zest to take the trash out to the container for the morning's pickup. Some folks choose to be slack by choosing to leave it at the back door as if that trash bab will some how make its way to the bin on its own!

It is one thing if a person is ill and requires help for that daily living assistance. But if it amounts to being lazy, the slacker, the one who really dislikes the whole "work" thing really places one into a new category. Not taking care of daily issues like sacking trash and purchasing food for meals gives others the idea and notably true that we dislike doing that thing.

When our grand-daughter is here for a visit, we have always liked to watch Zootopia with her. Now this last time that she came for a visit, we never had much time for television and movies. The days she was here proved to be days of sun and fun. And although we missed Flash, the sloth from Zootopia, I still thought of that character. You know his name is Flash and he works at the DMV. Still he is a sloth that shows up for work. Yes, I know this is a animated character from a kids movie, but should we not also consider what people see as humor is not really humor. We are made in the image of God and not the image of a sloth.

Seriously, would you want to look like a sloth?

Proverbs 12:27 The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is man's precious possession. One who is too lazy to to cook the game he went after is truly lazy!

Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life.

Yes, it is the heart of man that tells the world what is going in their thinking. Living in that regard is not really living life that God intended. We each have a 'garden' to care for and whatever it looks like, whether a tent, a model home or palace should still be regarded as to be cared for that which we have been given.

The description given in Proverbs 4: 24-27 gives great detail how our lives should be lived with intent and not as a sloth. Verse 24 : Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. And your eyelids look right before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. 27 Do not turn to the right or the left; removed your from evil.

Our mouth and lips convey communication. Our eyes look at what has our attention and the feet walk out our behavior. So if we are hooked on television and how to be the next great singer or dancer, and cannot sing or dance, that tent might be where one will find themselves living. What behavior we execute from our thinking then will determine our outcome!

Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird; 18 but they lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

People can easily be ensnared when they project their wants above truth and what is right for life. Those who are considered the wicked are always looking for easy prey. They will look how to take money from unsuspecting women by making them think they have a love interest in them. There are those seeking who they can prey upon who think they can actually have a singing career and be 'talked into making decisions' that are wrong for the unsuspecting prey. They could be talked into doing that which relieves them of their bank account to zero. And the unsuspecting could have their name exploited by those who do not care about the person nor do they mind taking them to the 'cleaners' in doing so.

It is God and His truth that helps you and I to make godly choices. His truth helps us to not make foolish mistakes. You and I must have the counsel of God to reject the counsel of the ungodly. We should hear God's voice above all others when the wicked appear. And today, they appear in all kinds of places : like schools, churches, hospital and rehabilitation units as well as the parks and gyms, lifting weights and cycles that are regarded as spin class!

If our eye just looks on our wants, those fleeting passions of the flesh, we can find a lot of emptiness and everything void of life. Our salvation was meant to save us from destruction. It was the plan of God for us to have a relationship with Him. We are to know Him intimately.  Isaiah 26:1-3…..We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. 2 Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. 3 You will keep him in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. NIV

 And our God is not passive in His love for us but is actively looking for opportunities to do us good, assuring us in II Chronicles 16:9, "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him." Not only is it God's will to be a present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1), this verse in II Chronicles also reveals that He takes it much further. God is with great effort, illustrated by running to and fro, actively looking for opportunities to help us.

But if we are too lazy to look into His perfect law of liberty, if we are too intent on being the singer and spend time with watching singers on television or even you-tube, we might certainly miss that which God is willing to show us out of His great love for us. 

For truly, God's word exposes that truth but it is only our trust in Him that sees that word executed in our lives. If we live as a sloth, then everything will go to ruin, to weed and to the point of us having no protection. With the wall torn down, one is put in danger of predators coming to take over not only what you have but live in that which you never fought for. For being idle is truly a sad state to be in.

Proverbs 5:1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; lend your ear to my understanding 2 that you may preserve discretion, and your lips may keep knowledge. When we bow before God and His wisdom...that is...we pay attention, we set our heart on what He gives as truth to us. As we listen to Him, we will not stray from His wise instruction. Without God, we come to death, poverty, condemnation, and disgrace.

Living diligently is living with purpose, is living with lips that keep God's knowledge, that sound like the wisdom of God  and behaves in His wisdom that we execute His wisdom on the earth. Amen.

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