Good Wednesday morning! The days seem to be stuck in a pattern of hot, but that is what mid-summer usually is around these parts. Two verses this morning caught my attention, Proverbs 3:5 and 3:7
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
Don't be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn your back on evil.
Both proverbs tell us not to depend on or be impressed with our own wisdom. We have all seen intellectuals who are quite impressed with their own wisdom. We also observe that while those people do know a lot in human terms, they can also be a real test of our patience. Jesus often spoke against the wisdom of the world. We see that wisdom today manifested in humanist and atheist points of view. So many people want to take God out of places where we as believers would like our Lord to be. The classroom, government, and even sporting events are places that God is needed and wanted.
The other sides of those two proverbs could form a nice proverb as well: Trust in the Lord with all your heart; fear the Lord and turn you back on evil. Not only are we to not be prideful of our own wisdom, but we are to trust in the Lord completely, turning away from evil.
Cling tightly to the joy found only in Jesus on this fine day.
Bucky
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