I believe what God meant in Proverbs 3:7 “be not wise in your own eyes” Is that God is warning us not to even think that we can run our lives and do a good job without His guidance. Turn from evil and trust God with everything. He knows the bigger picture of your life.
The bible says in Psalm 37:1-2 Fred not yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness (that witch is not upright or in right standing with God) For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb. We should not want anyone to be cut down or wither even those who have harmed us. Instead we need to allow Gods love to be poured out in our heart through the Holy Spirit Romans 5:5
God se: My kind die foute wat jy gemaak het , bepaal nie wie jy is nie…Wie jou gemaak het bepaal wie jy is… en dis Ek – Jou hemelse Vader.
Die prys waarvoor iets gekoop word bepaal die waarde van die item… en die enigste prys waarmee Ek jou kon koop was met Mylewe… Kyk vir n slag na jouself deur My oe. Ek ken jou potensiaal. Ek weet waartoe jy in staat is. Ek ken die wenner in jou. Ek ken jou mooi hart. Ek ken jou sagte persoonlikheid. Ek sien n pragtige mens wanner ek na jou kyk… Dalk was daar dae wat jy gese het jy glo nie in My nie , maar ek se vandag vir jou ek glo in Jou! Ek wil jou seer wegvat , jou glimlag weer terugsit op jou gesig.Ek wil jou weer laat glojy kan. Ek wil jou optel en styf vasdruk en vir jou wys Ek beplan vir jou n mooi toekoms. Bly altyd glo… want dis Hemel op aarde saam met God. "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His
precepts have good understanding" (Psalms 111:10). Education is a high priority in any society that wants to advance. Education should be sought after by every believer in Jesus Christ in order to better understand God's ways. However, education that is not mixed with faith and obedience will result in programmatic religion. In the early Hebraic church, wisdom was gained by obedience. Hebrews learned that wisdom was gained by knowing and doing the will of God and that it often did not line up with logic. However, as the church became impacted by the Greek culture through the influence of scholars like Socrates and Aristotle, knowledge-based systems became more influential in the way education was taught and applied. Greeks believed that the way to gain knowledge was based on reason and analysis. When Joshua walked around the city of Jericho seven times blowing his trumpets, he was exhibiting a Hebraic model of decision-making - pure obedience. Logic and reason played no part in this decision. When Elisha instructed the army general to go wash in a lake in order to be healed of leprosy, it confronted his intellect. This was Hebraic thought rooted in obedience. The Church has moved into a more knowledge-based and programmatic system of operation over the centuries, rather than obedience-based methods that are motivated by a heart fully devoted to following God. We've replaced obedience with reason, logic, and slick marketing for attractive programs to entice people into our churches. Ultimately, God desires us to take the Hebraic approach when making decisions. He wants us to make decisions based on our heart's desire to follow Him. Prov 9:10-11 the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning (the chief & choice part) of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is insightful and understanding.Prov 8:35 for whoever finds me (Wisdom) finds life and draws fourth and obtains favor from the Lord.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will
teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. John 14.26 Over 70 years ago, Japan asked the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design a hotel for Tokyo that would be capable of surviving an earthquake. When Wright visited Japan to inspect the site where the Imperial Hotel was to be built, he was appalled to find that the soil there was only about eight feet deep. Beneath that was 60 feet of soft mud that slipped and shook like jelly. Every test hole he dug filled up immediately with water. Now a lesser individual probably would have given up right there. But not Wright. Since the hotel was going to rest on fluid ground, Wright decided to build it like a ship. So instead of trying to keep the structure from moving during a quake, he incorporated features that would allow the hotel to ride out the shock without damage. Wright knew that the major cause of destruction after an earthquake was fire, because water lines would break and there would be no way to put out the fire. So he insisted on a large outdoor pool in the courtyard of his hotel, "just in case." On September 1, 1923, Tokyo had the greatest earthquake in its history. There were fires all over the city, and 140,000 people died. News reports were slow in getting to the U.S. One newspaper wanted to print the story that the Imperial Hotel had been destroyed, as rumor had it. But when a reporter phoned Frank Lloyd Wright about it, he said that they could print the story if they liked, but they would only have to retract it later. He knew the hotel would not collapse. Shortly afterward, Wright got a telegram from Japan. The Imperial Hotel was completely undamaged. And when the fires that raged all around the hotel threatened to spread, bucket brigades kept the structure wetted down with water from the hotel's pool. Frank Lloyd Wright knew about foundations. So does Jesus. He does not want his followers out in the world witnessing to something that they have not really experienced for themselves, so He gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit as an internal witness. We do not have to simply depend on a story that we heard long ago. God is forever fresh in our hearts. God se plan vir jou lewe vereis altyd dat jy verhoudings met die regte mense bou. Om dit reg te kry, moet jy hierdie mense kan identifiseer en saam met hulle werk. Onthou jy vir Jonathan, wat Dawid liefgehad selfs ten koste van sy eie lewe? Of Rut, wat haar weduwee-skoonma Naomi liefgehad het en haar 'n rede gegee het om aan te gaan met haar lewe? God sou nie sê, "Dit is nie goed dat die mens alleen is nie," en dan vir jou sê jy moet alles alleen doen nie. Daar kan egter areas in jou lewe wees wat eers moet genees voordat jy sulke verhoudings kan hê. Laat God dus toe om aan jou te werk. Wanneer jy reg is, sal Hy die nodige bekendstellings doen. Intussen kan jy Hom beter leer ken. Maak Sy opinie die bron van jou selfbeeld. As jou laaste verhouding jou selfbeeld geknak en geestelik gedreineer het, gebruik die tyd om te herstel. Jy mag dalk nooit weer so 'n geleentheid hê nie. En 'n laaste ding: begin om lief te hê soos God liefhet. Hy weet waar is jou foute, hanteer jou verwerping en het jou nog steeds lief ten spyte daarvan. Dit behoort jou te help om nie iemand sommer net weg te gooi omdat hulle 'n fout gemaak het nie. Jy gaan nie van jou motor ontslae raak oor een foutiewe onderdeel nie, ne? Hoe sou jy gevoel het as God jou vergewe het nes jy ander vergewe? Kom, laat God jou leer hoe om blywende verhoudings te bou.
Sielskos: Eksodus 25-27; Joh. 7:25-44; Ps 104:24-35; Spreuke 24:28-29 Those who seek Him will praise the Lord. Let your heart live forever! Psalm 22:26
Psalm 22 begins with David’s poignant, heart- breaking words that were quoted by Jesus on the cross, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34). Imagine the situation David must have found himself in that caused him to cry out to God in this way. Notice that he felt forsaken and abandoned: “Why are You so far from helping me?” (Ps. 22:1). He also felt ignored: “O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear” (v.2). Ever been there? Have you ever looked up into the heavens and wondered why it seemed that God had abandoned you, or was ignoring you? Welcome to David’s world. But for every plaintive cry David expresses, there is a characteristic of God mentioned that rescues him from despondency. Through it all, David discovers that God is holy (v.3), trustworthy (vv.4-5), a deliverer and rescuer (vv.8,20-21), and his strength (v.19). Do you feel forsaken? Seek the Lord. Rehearse His character. And “let your heart rejoice with everlasting joy” (v.26). Even when we don’t sense God’s presence, His loving care is all around us. A conqueror is king of the mountain. The victor. We envision a conqueror as one standing atop a hill with head held high, sword thrust high toward the sky and his shout of victory echoing through the land. From our standpoint, the conqueror has achieved the ultimate. But, according to Scripture, a person can be more than a conqueror? Paul straightforwardly announces that in Christ we are more than conquerors over hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, or sword. (Romans 8:35-37)
Some think that Paul was just being his flamboyant verbose self when he proclaimed this grand truth. Why? This truth would not need flamboyancy to make it forceful. We would be satisfied with being conquerors and the promise that we are in Christ is powerful in and of itself. But, the addition of "more than" reveals we who are in Christ are not to settle for being merely a conqueror. We are to be more than one! How? A careful reading of the verse within its context reveals that the question, how, is the wrong question. The verse is not a "how to" verse. It is an emphatic affirmation, "we are." It tells us why are we more than conquerors, not how to become so. Therefore, we need this passage to speak to us anew, allowing its abundant truth to sink deep into our hearts. Then we can begin living like people who are "more than conquerors," rather than a people just trying to make it through somehow. We are more than conquerors because we are in Christ, who loved us! Paul was careful to use "loved" rather than "love," for by using the past tense he points to the cross. On the cross Christ showed us the full extent of His love, conquering sin once and for all! And there is nothing that can separate us from that love. For us the cross is the symbol of victory, for in Christ we are victorious. Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, in his book, "The Mind Of Christ," puts it wonderfully; "We are tempted not tolive uprightly and cleanly in an immoral world; so God becomes our righteousness. We are assaulted by every sort of spiritual pollution that would corrupt our hearts and minds; so God becomes our sanctification. We are weak in the face of evil and liable to fall under the accusations of our spiritual Enemy; so God becomes our redemption. We can live victoriously day by day, because God continues to win the victory in our lives." Second, we are more than conquerors because the very things that could defeat and destroy us, God transforms into things that accomplish His good. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and live according to His purpose." (Romans 8:18) Be sure not to define good from a human, earthly perspective. Doing so is a gross misuse of this great truth. Good for God's people is always to be understood from God's perspective. God alone is good and therefore good has to do with holiness. It does not say that God causes all things, but that He uses all things for our good, for our holiness. We are not only more than conquerors over "these things," but in them and through them as well. The assaults, troubles, hardships, and hurts of this life do not have the final say, Christ does. "Greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world." (1 John 4:4) And He is able to make all things work for good in our lives! All things! With the quiet assurance that all things will accomplish God's good in our lives and the peaceful confidence that nothing can separate us from His love in Christ Jesus our Lord, we are more than conquerors! We are conquerors who humbly and readily acknowledge that we are so only in Christ, not by anything in ourselves. We are conquerors who do not lord it over others, but serve in Jesus name. We are conquerors who glory in Jesus Christ and Him crucified wherein our victory lies! We are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus! Gerald Whetstone "But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you
wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness" (Rom. 6:17-18). Becoming a new person in Christ is part of a life-long journey that begins at conversion. Before coming to Christ, we were living (in a metaphorical sense) in Egypt, in the land of bondage. Just as the people of Israel toiled as slaves in Egypt, we were slaves to sin and worldly ambition. Before we came to Christ, we sweated and toiled to build our career and acquire material possessions. Work was our idol. Greed was our taskmaster. We may have had all the trappings of power in the business world - a corner office, a staff of our own, a key to the executive washroom - but we were living as a slave in the land of Egypt. We didn't run our career; our career ran us. Jesus once said, "No servant can serve two masters. You cannot serve both God and money" (Luke 16:13). In the original language, the word translated "money" was an Aramaic word, Mammon. This does not refer merely to money as a medium of exchange but also to a demonic spirit designed to promote a mind-set of ambition for riches, power and worldly gain. The word is capitalized in the original text because the people of Jesus' day thought of Mammon as a false god. Jesus was saying that those who spend their lives seeking worldly gain are idolaters. No one can serve two masters. No one can worship both the true God and a false god. We cannot experience the grace that God gives to His children because we are too busy striving for riches and enslaved to Mammon. The only way we can be free is to turn away from Mammon and allow the one true God to transform us into a different person. Ask yourself today if your life is best represented as Egypt or the Promised Land. |
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