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abomination to my lips.”
PROVERBS 8:1-7 ( NKJV )
No excuse. That is what I’ll call the message of today’s proverb. There is absolutely no excuse for any of us to make foolish choices or foolish decisions, because God is so eager to make wisdom available. All we have to do is pause and pray, and God will, as he promised, give us wisdom at every crossroads and for every need.
George Müller is one of the great heroes of the faith. He housed and cared for over twenty-three thousand orphans in the 1800s without asking anyone but God for support. When seeking God’s wisdom in a matter, he said, “I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. Nine-tenths of the difficulties are overcome when our hearts are ready to do the Lord’s will, whatever it may be.” Müller’s life is living proof that God is a God who hears our cries for help and he is a God who answers.
Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!
Do you ever look back and ask yourself why you made some of the big decisions in your life? Do you wonder, What was I thinking? I do. Regretfully, I sometimes wonder, Why wasn’t I praying? I can attribute every wrong turn and every careless decision to the fact that I did not wholeheartedly, patiently seek the Lord’s direction and his perfect will before I moved ahead. Are you at a crossroads? Will you stop and ask and wait for God to give you the wisdom and insight you need? Take him at his promise; he will direct your paths.
One Year Bible Reading
Exodus 26:1–27:21; Matthew 25:1-30; Psalm 31:1-8; Proverbs 8:1-11
February 8
Humility
I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
I possess knowledge and discretion.
To fear the L ORD is to hate evil;
I hate pride and arrogance,
evil behavior and perverse speech.
PROVERBS 8:12-13 ( NIV )
In this proverb, wisdom says it hates pride. That’s good. Pride always causes trouble and is a sign of foolishness. So then if pride is out of sync with wisdom, humility is in sync. Let me tell you a story.
A small Christian college was having financial difficulties. One day a very wealthy man came on the campus, found a white-haired man in overalls painting a wall, and asked if he could see the college president. The painter pointed out a house on campus and said he was sure the president could be seen there at noon.
At the designated time, the visitor knocked at the president’s door and was admitted by the same man he had met in overalls, but now he was in a suit. As the visitor accepted an invitation to come in, he realized this man was the college president. He asked a number of questions about the needs of the college and told the president he would be sending a small donation. Two days later a check arrived for fifty thousand dollars. The donor had been touched by the humility of a man who was fitted for his position as college president but not too proud to put on the clothes of a workman and do a job that needed to be done. This is a picture of humility.
Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!
Why is it that humility is so endearing when we see it in others, but it is hard to accomplish in ourselves? Maybe it’s because we are not bowing and humbling ourselves before our God. When we do that, somehow it eases our need to hold so tightly to our rights and to have the last word in a dispute. Are you in a stalemate with your husband; has a friend offended you; has someone broken a promise? It’s been said, “It’s better to bow than to break.” Take God’s advice on this, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4:10, NKJV ).
One Year Bible Reading
Exodus 28:1-43; Matthew 25:31–26:13; Psalm 31:9-18; Proverbs 8:12-13
February 9
Created by God
Our proverb today tells us that God first created wisdom before he created the world.
The L ORD brought
PROVERBS 8:1-7 ( NKJV )
No excuse. That is what I’ll call the message of today’s proverb. There is absolutely no excuse for any of us to make foolish choices or foolish decisions, because God is so eager to make wisdom available. All we have to do is pause and pray, and God will, as he promised, give us wisdom at every crossroads and for every need.
George Müller is one of the great heroes of the faith. He housed and cared for over twenty-three thousand orphans in the 1800s without asking anyone but God for support. When seeking God’s wisdom in a matter, he said, “I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. Nine-tenths of the difficulties are overcome when our hearts are ready to do the Lord’s will, whatever it may be.” Müller’s life is living proof that God is a God who hears our cries for help and he is a God who answers.
Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!
Do you ever look back and ask yourself why you made some of the big decisions in your life? Do you wonder, What was I thinking? I do. Regretfully, I sometimes wonder, Why wasn’t I praying? I can attribute every wrong turn and every careless decision to the fact that I did not wholeheartedly, patiently seek the Lord’s direction and his perfect will before I moved ahead. Are you at a crossroads? Will you stop and ask and wait for God to give you the wisdom and insight you need? Take him at his promise; he will direct your paths.
One Year Bible Reading
Exodus 26:1–27:21; Matthew 25:1-30; Psalm 31:1-8; Proverbs 8:1-11
February 8
Humility
I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
I possess knowledge and discretion.
To fear the L ORD is to hate evil;
I hate pride and arrogance,
evil behavior and perverse speech.
PROVERBS 8:12-13 ( NIV )
In this proverb, wisdom says it hates pride. That’s good. Pride always causes trouble and is a sign of foolishness. So then if pride is out of sync with wisdom, humility is in sync. Let me tell you a story.
A small Christian college was having financial difficulties. One day a very wealthy man came on the campus, found a white-haired man in overalls painting a wall, and asked if he could see the college president. The painter pointed out a house on campus and said he was sure the president could be seen there at noon.
At the designated time, the visitor knocked at the president’s door and was admitted by the same man he had met in overalls, but now he was in a suit. As the visitor accepted an invitation to come in, he realized this man was the college president. He asked a number of questions about the needs of the college and told the president he would be sending a small donation. Two days later a check arrived for fifty thousand dollars. The donor had been touched by the humility of a man who was fitted for his position as college president but not too proud to put on the clothes of a workman and do a job that needed to be done. This is a picture of humility.
Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!
Why is it that humility is so endearing when we see it in others, but it is hard to accomplish in ourselves? Maybe it’s because we are not bowing and humbling ourselves before our God. When we do that, somehow it eases our need to hold so tightly to our rights and to have the last word in a dispute. Are you in a stalemate with your husband; has a friend offended you; has someone broken a promise? It’s been said, “It’s better to bow than to break.” Take God’s advice on this, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4:10, NKJV ).
One Year Bible Reading
Exodus 28:1-43; Matthew 25:31–26:13; Psalm 31:9-18; Proverbs 8:12-13
February 9
Created by God
Our proverb today tells us that God first created wisdom before he created the world.
The L ORD brought
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