Proverbs 21:16 KJV
I love Proverbs? Do I read them as often as I should? No!
Proverbs cut to the chase and point us back in the right direction! No mincing of words! It just says it like it is! Keep'n it real!
“Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.” Proverbs 20:11 KJV
Has anyone else noticed that people do not want to be told that they are wrong? Whether it be in what they think, say or do; they do not want correction!
“And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!”
Proverbs 5:12-13 KJV
“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.” Proverbs 21:2 KJV
We desire a "pain free" society! We don't want to live with pain. We are insulated as much as possible from discomfort of any kind. We are sheltered and demand comfort on every level, even in our religion.
No - especially in our religion!
“My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.”
Proverbs 3:11-12 KJV
The Word of God is supposed to point us back to the right direction when we have taken the wrong path. If we have sin, it convicts us and tells us to repent! There is no salvation without repentance.
Conviction hurts! Those who don’t want it, call it “condemnation!”
“The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.” (Heart)
Proverbs 20:30 KJV
When we come face to face with our sin - it hurts! It is supposed to! Just like when you stick your hand in the fire, the pain teaches you not to do that again. So the Word of God causes our heart to hurt when we see where we do wrong; so we won't do it again!
Our rebellion is so ingrained in us that we seek to go to churches that make us feel good and pick and choose scripture that encourage instead of reprove!
And we question how our children; how our society has become so lawless!
We can't fix what's wrong in this world. It's too late!
All we can do is turn back (repent) to God and pray that He changes our own hearts - to make us worthy of spending eternity with Him.
The desire for Him, and for Him to make you into the image of His Son has to come from inside you! Pray that He plants and waters that seed.
Don't desire to be free of pain, desire to be free from sin; unforgiveness, worry, fear, lust, bitterness, envy, jealousy, gossip, grumbling and complaining, unbelief, lying, adultery, stealing, addictions . . .
For His Son is coming back for a Bride without spot or wrinkle and there's not much time left for Him to iron out those wrinkles!
Wrinkle free requires heat. It requires pressure. It requires time spent with the Person holding the iron. Ironing is hard! That's why man developed "permanent press"! Again a short cut to the end, for our quick solution society!
The only "permanent press" I want is "forever" under His heat!
Oh Father, please don't let up until I'm fit to be worn - as Your Beloved!
Repent church!!!!!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 8/15/14
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