Proverbs 3 – if you haven’t read my thoughts and feelings on the book of Proverbs yet, you’ll want to do so here. This isn’t a comprehensive look at Proverbs 3, but it’s how I read the Word and how God has spoken to me through this chapter of His Word and during this chapter… Read More proverbs.3
The context in which we find this parable surrounds a scandal involving a man named Abimelech, who wanted to rule over the Israelites during a time when Israel had no king, and it was still God’s will that Israel have no king. Abimelech conspired with some less than savory characters from his hometown to have… Read More talking. trees.
Well, when one door closes, another one opens! I couldn’t count how many times I’ve heard that phrase. And it isn’t a bad phrase, but I think it fostered some less than ideal thought patterns for how I viewed opportunities in life. Thinking about that phrase, I was feeling frustrated that, figuratively, I was just… Read More open. doors.
Living a life in fear of taking a step and making a mistake, is, in itself, a sin. God wants us to live a life of freedom and a life free from the fear of making a mistake. When we don’t take action because we’re too afraid of ‘not being in God’s will,’ (to over-spiritualize… Read More take. chances. make. mistakes.
So…Proverbs. I’ve become completely besotted with this book over the past few months. Prior to these past few months however, if you were to ask me to pick the book I thought was most boring in all the Bible, I would have probably picked Proverbs. I know, I know…I’m not supposed dislike a book of the… Read More knowledge. of. God.
For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it (Job 33:14). Oh, that just gives me chills every time I read it! God is always speaking to us, to me, to you. He is always articulating his love to you. He is always declaring your true identity in Christ over you. He… Read More again. and. again.
I’m going to begin with a lot of questions. But that’s what reading the Bible is all about right? Asking questions? It’s what Moses did all through Exodus. It’s what Jesus’ disciples did when they didn’t understand his parables. The crowds went away shaking their heads, not understanding. But the disciples were his disciples because… Read More joy. of. the. Lord.
Why mirror image creation? The easiest way for me to explain is to start with the Word: James 1:22-25 Don’t deceive yourselves by only hearing what the Word says, but do it! For whoever hears the Word but doesn’t do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror, who… Read More mirror. image. creation.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick (Proverbs 13:12), soooooo it’s better to just not hope then, right? If you aren’t hoping in anything, you won’t ever be let down. Kind of along the same lines as ‘if you don’t try, you won’t fail.’ I’m sad to say it, but that’s how I felt about that… Read More hope. deferred.
God is with you, O mighty warrior (Judges 6:12). The testimony of the Lord is sure (Psalm 19:7). God shows up to Gideon in a winepress, where he is threshing wheat. Gideon was the least of his family, the least of his people, the least of his friends. The Bible does not say one single… Read More testimonies. part. 3.