by Audrea Winbush Lott
EnlightenedPath@comcast.net
Proverbs 1:7
7 The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline. [Ps 111:10.] AMP
Proverbs 1:7
7 Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only fools despise wisdom and discipline. NLT
Some of us would be ready to fight if somebody stood up and called us a fool. Yet, there are areas that we may need to check to see if indeed we are being foolish or wise. With the vast array of venues available for us to acquire knowledge and insight about so many things, it is easy to sometimes get sidetracked and think we have all the answers we need concerning certain matters. We need to make sure that we are doing several things as we confer with others, run our internet searches, read our books, and attend our seminars.
One of those things is to measure that which we acquire against the Word of God. Does that information line up with what we say we believe and who we say that we are? We should also pray, even as we acquire that knowledge, for God’s insight and wisdom to show us what to do with it, how to apply it, or even if we should put it aside for a season before acting on it or applying it. One of the other things we should do is to make sure that grasping and embracing the information we received does not take us away from the things of God. In the long run, anything that takes us away from our time of corporate worship, our time of prayer and fellowship with the Lord, or our responsibilities to our families needs to be re-examined and adjusted. Finally, we should always be mindful of Psalm 1 and the outline we find there dealing with how to walk in the blessings of God. We are told that the blessed person is the one that does not seek and follow mere man’s worldly wisdom, but immerses himself in the Word of God. It says that he delights himself in the Word and meditates on it day and night. That then will take us to Psalm 37 where we find that if we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our heart.
Check yourself today. Don’t despise God’s wisdom and discipline in your life; embrace them. God is waiting for us to put ourselves in position to walk out our destiny. Don’t bypass wisdom and end up in the wrong lane and miss out on the wonderful things that are in store for you. Remember, the real knowledge begins with the reverence of the Lord. When we put Him in the proper place in our lives, we are setting ourselves on the right track, in the right lane, to run the right race. Do a self-check: Are you foolish or are you wise?
Prayer: “Father, I choose to embrace wisdom. I know that there is wisdom in your Word for everything that I am facing or will face in life. Thank you for loving me so much that you have provided the wisdom I need to live a life that brings glory to you. Amen”
The Enlightened Path Weekly Nugget
Week of July 12, 2009
Foolish or Wise?
by Audrea Winbush Lott
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©2009 Audrea Winbush Lott
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Every where I look there is God Ps. 139 4-6 "For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogeter. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high. I cannot attain unto it. My thoughts are not His thoughts and my ways are not His ways. I am just glad to be in His Presence and in His presense I will always want to be.......
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