Does it sometimes seem to you that those who come out against the Word of God, and against those who stand on the Word of God, are often loud, contentious, negative, sarcastic and have a tendency to try to belittle those with whim they differ? I want to show you from the Word of God today that you are NOT imagining this, nor are you simply being too "sensitive" and easily offended because you notice this. We'll be looking at the WISDOM found in several verses of Proverbs 12.
1 Whoever loves instruction and correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is like a brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating.
5 The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are
honest and reliable, but the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous.
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them and the innocent ones [thus endangered].
10 A [consistently] righteous man regards the life of his beast, but even the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
13 The wicked is [dangerously] snared by the transgression of his lips, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall come out of trouble.
16 A fool’s wrath is quickly and openly known, but a prudent man ignores an insult.
18 There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing
I want to encourage you that if the Word that you speak and the stand that you make ON the Word causes others to hurl insults at you, then you are probably doing something RIGHT! Don't ever lose heart in thinking, speaking and doing what is RIGHT in the eyes of the LORD! YOU will receive YOUR harvest, some in this life and some in the next, for your obedience to God, His Word and His Spirit, and NOT by pleasing, pacifying, placating or giving in to the threats of the wicked. Sometimes those "wicked" will be unbelievers, but there will also be times when born again believers who do NOT know the Word of God will come against you! Simply walk away from them, praying that the eyes of their understanding will be opened to see the truth. AMEN! That keeps you in God's protection by walking in love and allows the God of the Bible to work on them - from the inside out! Here is Hillsong with "Inside Out":
Shalom in Him!
