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Psalm 92

Of David.

It is good to praise the LORD,
to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High,

To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak,
Your faithfulness each night

With a ten-stringed harp,
with voice and lyre together.

You have gladdened me by Your deeds, O LORD;
I shout for joy at Your handiwork.

How great are Your works, O LORD,
how very subtle Or “profound.” Your designs!

A brutish man cannot know,
a fool cannot understand this:

though the wicked sprout like grass,
though all evildoers blossom,
it is only that they may be destroyed forever.

But You are exalted, O LORD, for all time.
Surely, Your enemies, O LORD,
surely, Your enemies perish;
all evildoers are scattered.

You raise my horn high like that of a wild ox;
I am soaked in freshening oil.

I shall see the defeat of my watchful foes,
hear of the downfall of the wicked who beset me.

The righteous bloom like a date-palm;
they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon;

planted in the house of the LORD,
they flourish in the courts of our God.

In old age they still produce fruit;
they are full of sap and freshness,

attesting that the LORD is upright,
my rock, in whom there is no wrong.

















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2/29/2016

A Wise Guy Once Said.......

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​Seek the Truth and you will gain wisdom. What does it mean when we hear that?
Proverbs 2:3-5 says, ”3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, 4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.
    
     Right at the front the search for wisdom is a scream.  Nah, just kidding.  Wisdom is not found by yelling out to God saying, "I want wisdom now". When and pray for understanding the truth in the Word, we are seeking to know it because it is the truth that will bring us closer to the Father. Therefore, Wisdom is the most valuable thing in the world because it is God’s Word, the truth. God speaks to us through the Word and it protects us when we fear and understand that God is our protector, our shield. Understanding and staying in the Word keeps us faithful and righteous. Wisdom in truth keeps our values and morals in line with God. The Word (wisdom, truth) is in our heart and helps the mind determine right from wrong. 
     Here is something to chew on. Was God telling the people of the time that the Holy Spirit is the truth in wisdom and wanted them to feel the truth way before He sent His Son?  After all, these were His chosen people who were supposed to share the truth with the world. Look at Proverbs 2:10-15:
 
10 When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, 11 Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, 12 To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things, 13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked. 15 Whose ways are crooked, and who are devious in their paths;
   
     Do you see it? Can you feel the Word flowing through the Spirit at this point? I mean really. When wisdom (Holy Spirit, Truth, CHRIST) enters your heart, and knowledge (the Word) is pleasant to your soul, 11 Discretion (Truth) will preserve you; Understanding (knowing the Word) will keep you (Truth protects us from all evil). Next two verses speak of resisting temptation and making right decisions in our faith walk.
     So, what is the value of wisdom? We cannot place a currency on it. Wisdom is the most precious gift that God gave us in truth. They just couldn’t get it so He sent the Word made flesh, JESUS!, to help us understand life and how to live in a godly manner.  

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