I am loveing Proverbs 22 today! Verse 4:
4 The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
There are definite rewards for doing things GOD's way! Verse 6 holds another promise that I hold dear and in faith!
6 Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Then some encouragement for those who have been the victims of this latest detestable and inexcusable conduct going on in this nation! Verse 8:
8 He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail.
It will NOT keep going on and THEY will reap the just rewards of their conduct! Verses 17-19 are a promise!
17 Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge; 18 For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them. 19 So that your trust (belief, reliance, support, and confidence) may be in the Lord, I have made known these things to you today, even to you.
And then a final warning to those who arre destroying landmarks and memorials! Verse 28:
28 Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set up.
Then we have more wonerful promises in Ephesians 5:1-2:
1 Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. 2 And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.
Remember two things as you choose how to respond to those who treat you badly!
- LOVE NEVER fails! (1 Corinthians 13:8)
- VENGEANCE belongs to the LORD! He WILL repay! HE will! (Romans 12:17-19)
AMEN! And then Ephesians 5:11-16:
11 Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] expose and reprove and convict them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of or mention the things that [such people] practice in secret. 13 But when anything is exposed and reproved by the light, it is made visible and clear; and where everything is visible and clear there is light. 14 Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light. 15 Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), 16 Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.
AMEN! ANd then, for good measure, let's be DOERS of 1 Chronicles 16:23-34:
23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth; show forth from day to day His salvation. 24 Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all peoples. 25 For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He also is to be [reverently] feared above all so-called gods. 26 For all the gods of the people are [lifeless] idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Honor and majesty are [found] in His presence; strength and joy are [found] in His sanctuary. 28 Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength, 29 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name. Bring an offering and come before Him; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness and in holy array. 30 Tremble and reverently fear before Him, all the earth’s peoples; the world also shall be established, so it cannot be moved. 31 Let the heavens be glad and let the earth rejoice; and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigns! 32 Let the sea roar, and all the things that fill it; let the fields rejoice, and all that is in them. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out for joy before the Lord, for He comes to judge and govern the earth. 34 O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!
AMEN and AMEN! Be DOERS of God's Word and recieve GOD's promised results! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with "Bright As The Sun":
Shalom in Him!
