April 10, 2024 – It’s A Matter Of Life And Death

It’s A Matter Of Life And Death
April 10, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 8:32-36
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

        Everybody wants to be liked by someone. We all desire for people to view our actions and words favorably. Some individuals are willing to go to great lengths to gain the approval of others, even resorting to buying gifts or spending money. Others may attempt to force people to like them, perhaps by exploiting their positions of power. Some seek popularity among the masses, believing that if they are liked by the majority, everyone will follow suit.

      What’s truly unfortunate is that many spend years striving for human approval while investing little or no effort in winning God’s favor. While it’s true that God loves everyone as His creation, He does not necessarily approve of everything we do.

       The verses today convey that when we find true Godly wisdom, God looks favorably upon us. Why? Because through wisdom, we discover the genuine purpose of life and life itself. Finding wisdom means we recognize that God is the One we should listen to and learn from. We understand that if we yield our lives to Him, it doesn’t forfeit our existence but rather strengthens it.

      On the contrary, rejecting God and His wisdom is a path to death. It’s not just physical death but spiritual death as well. It’s a life plagued by doubts and fears, controlled by others’ opinions, and lived solely for worldly pursuits. Looking back on such a life, one may realize it wasn’t much of a life at all.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

     In Matt. 16:26 it says, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” What indeed. There’s no profit in death.

How might you go about gaining from God’s Wisdom today?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: APRIL 10, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    1 Samuel 26-31
   Proverbs 8:32-36

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Joshua 23-24
   Luke 10:1-24