May 7, 2024 – It’s Still A Dog

It’s Still A Dog
May 7, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 11:20-22
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    I was walking down the street the other day and saw a woman walking her dog. This was not so strange, except for the fact that the dog had on a sweater. Now it may have just been me, but it seemed like the dog was really moving fast and kept looking left to right, right to left, as if to say, “I sure hope none of my dog friends see me dressed this way.”

    Now I know, some of you dress your dogs this way, and I guess if it makes you happy to dress up your dog as children do their dolls, it never hurts anything. There actually might be some good to it if it is really cold out or something. However, one thing we need to remember is this, under that sweet little cardigan, there is still a dog. You can paint their toenails a rainbow of colors, give them a cute haircut which often costs more than your haircut did, and put ribbons in their hair. However, at the end of the day, they’re still dogs.

    What’s the point in all this? People are very much the same way. You can dress up the outside and clean up real nice. You might say all the right things and even go to all the right places. Nevertheless, if you have never accepted Jesus as your Savior, under all that, you’re still lost.     

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    The word “froward” means crooked or perverse. It refers to someone who is a fraud or phony. The meaning of the word “abomination” is something disgusting or something that makes one sick. When you put them together, you see people pretending to love the Lord when their life shows they don’t, makes God sick. Just as we bathe to wash off the grime of this world, we should also examine ourselves and ask for the washing of God’s grace from all sin to be sure we don’t stink before Him.

Will today be a day that you gain knowledge and
make changes that will be beneficial for all your days to come?

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: May 7, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    2 Kings 22-25
   Proverbs 11:20-22

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   2 Samuel 7-10
   Luke 23:27-56