The Word for wisdom:
Proverbs 8:6 (HCSB)
6 Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right.
The Word for inspiration:
Psalm 91:3 (HCSB)
3 He Himself will deliver you from the hunter's net, from the destructive plague.
The Word for encouragement:
Matthew 7:24-27 (HCSB)
24 "Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.
25 The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn't collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.
26 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and doesn't act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. And its collapse was great!"
My observation:
When Jesus speaks, the people listened. There was a reason for this, and Matthew in his gospel tells us why.
Matthew 7:28-29 (HCSB)
28 When Jesus had finished this sermon, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
29 because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
The wise person will build their life upon the foundation of Jesus. He knows the way, shows us the way, and leads us in the way. He is the way to the Father's house.
John 14:6 (HCSB)
6 Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The test of your wisdom is how you live your life. Profession of faith without obedience to the Word of God is not saving faith.
James 1:22-25 (HCSB)
22 But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror;
24 for he looks at himself, goes away, and right away forgets what kind of man he was.
25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts—this person will be blessed in what he does.
My prayer:
Father God, Sovereign Lord, I thank you that Jesus is the way to the only kind of life that is real, the life that is eternal. Father, I am putting my trust and hope in Jesus, and building my life upon Christ, the Solid Rock.
My song:
I'd Rather Have Jesus (Click on link below to listen as George Beverly Shea sings this song):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXOlh6RI008
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Proverbs 3:5-6 (HCSB)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6 think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.
Yes, eternal life; life now and life forever.
ReplyDeleteHebrews 9:27 (ESV)
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
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