January 17, 2024 – Could God Say No?

Could God Say No?
January 17, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 1:25-28
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

 

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

        Have you ever heard the old saying, “what goes around comes around”? That statement has generally proven to be true in life. The Bible expresses this concept in various ways. Galatians 6:7 says, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” It’s the same idea. God is extremely patient with us. He doesn’t, at the first sign of sin, cast us aside.

      Nevertheless, God will not be patient forever. I know this may be difficult for some people to accept, but that’s what the Bible says. It states that His wisdom will mock our problems. Why? Because when He was urging us to seek this same wisdom, we mocked Him. Now, when things fall apart because we wouldn’t listen, and as we look back at His wisdom that would have worked, it’s too late. It’s seen as an unattainable truth. What goes around comes around. What we sow, we reap.

      In 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 it says, “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” God will give people what they thought they wanted. People have tried to change this passage to say everything but what it says. It is the New Testament upholding the Old Testament. It is proof that God doesn’t change. Our verses today say, when terrible trouble comes, “Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:” The truth is always the truth. What a terrible thing to think that God might someday have to say no!     

 

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

     The Bible says that today is the day for both saints and sinners to make things right with Him. He’s still calling, urging you to accept His wisdom and embrace a new life. 

 

Will you accept today? Wisdom is calling.

 

 

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: JANUARY 17, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
     Genesis 29-Genesis 31     /     Proverbs 1:25 – 28

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
     Genesis 35-37     /     Matthew 12:1-37