It's Your Choice!
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 8 It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. Proverbs 3:5-8
This is wisdom in a step by step formula when you break it down:
Step 1 Trust the Lord with all of your heart...don't leave room for any doubt or second guessing...
Step 2 Lean not on your own understanding! Boy this would seem to be a no brainer however this one is the one that can trip me up if I am not careful.
Step 3 In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. Note the first part of this sentence...in ALL YOUR WAYS acknowledge Him...this is back to consulting with Him first on everything and then don't ignore Him or His advice! This is so irritating to me...ask me to do something or consult me then ignore everything that I say! If you are not going to listen to what I have to say then why ask in the first place? I can only imagine how God must feel because His direction is right on the money everytime but how many times do we ignore what His Word says or ignore His voice? After we acknowledge Him and Him being God and Lord of our lives and listen to what He says then of course He will direct our paths/ways!!! If we would only listen!
Step 4 Do not be wise in your own eyes....don't hold yourself or think of yourself above God...now I know many of you are thinking, "Oh, I would never do that!" but in reality whenever we do what we want instead of what God desires aren't we in fact doing that? Thinking that we know best? Arrogant huh? Ugly too...but sometimes the truth hurts!
Step 5 Fear the Lord. Respect the Lord! We all should have the fear of God in our hearts...sometimes Christians tend to get "buddy buddy" with God and forget that He is ACTUALLY GOD! He does desire to be our friend but we still need to never forget that He is God and we need to respect Him.
Step 6 Depart from evil. Another no brainer but how many times do we (like little kids) find out where the line is and stand with our toes right on the line? God says to depart or flee from evil. Don't hang out with it...don't entertain or flirt with sin... that is evil.
Then comes the promise: It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
When we do things our way it is the school of hard knocks but when we do it God's way it will be health to our flesh and strength to our bones! Think about it...my way or God's way....scripture says His ways are higher than our ways...it all comes down to choice...He loves us so much that He gives us free will. We have to choose to serve Him...we have to choose if we want to do it His way or our way...then we get the consequences of our choices...life or death it is our choice.
This is wisdom in a step by step formula when you break it down:
Step 1 Trust the Lord with all of your heart...don't leave room for any doubt or second guessing...
Step 2 Lean not on your own understanding! Boy this would seem to be a no brainer however this one is the one that can trip me up if I am not careful.
Step 3 In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. Note the first part of this sentence...in ALL YOUR WAYS acknowledge Him...this is back to consulting with Him first on everything and then don't ignore Him or His advice! This is so irritating to me...ask me to do something or consult me then ignore everything that I say! If you are not going to listen to what I have to say then why ask in the first place? I can only imagine how God must feel because His direction is right on the money everytime but how many times do we ignore what His Word says or ignore His voice? After we acknowledge Him and Him being God and Lord of our lives and listen to what He says then of course He will direct our paths/ways!!! If we would only listen!
Step 4 Do not be wise in your own eyes....don't hold yourself or think of yourself above God...now I know many of you are thinking, "Oh, I would never do that!" but in reality whenever we do what we want instead of what God desires aren't we in fact doing that? Thinking that we know best? Arrogant huh? Ugly too...but sometimes the truth hurts!
Step 5 Fear the Lord. Respect the Lord! We all should have the fear of God in our hearts...sometimes Christians tend to get "buddy buddy" with God and forget that He is ACTUALLY GOD! He does desire to be our friend but we still need to never forget that He is God and we need to respect Him.
Step 6 Depart from evil. Another no brainer but how many times do we (like little kids) find out where the line is and stand with our toes right on the line? God says to depart or flee from evil. Don't hang out with it...don't entertain or flirt with sin... that is evil.
Then comes the promise: It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
When we do things our way it is the school of hard knocks but when we do it God's way it will be health to our flesh and strength to our bones! Think about it...my way or God's way....scripture says His ways are higher than our ways...it all comes down to choice...He loves us so much that He gives us free will. We have to choose to serve Him...we have to choose if we want to do it His way or our way...then we get the consequences of our choices...life or death it is our choice.
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