Be careful how you talk to God about your hard trials. It is easy to forget how often we have been carnal, worldly, or offensive to His righteous will. Just as a parent bears the responsibility of disciplining a son or daughter, God has to chasten us from time to time. "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 3:26 - "For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken."
PRINCIPALS - "Wisdom Is The Principal Thing; Therefore Get Wisdom"
The wisest man says to the children, "Hear the instruction of your father." Nobody has time to research and prove all wisdom in one short lifetime. It must be handed down from generation to generation. But a rebellious generation spurns, and thus does not possess the priceless legacy of wisdom. Simpleton, listen to your forebears! "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."
Proverbs 4:20,22 - "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. ...For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."
PRINCIPLES - "Rejoice With The Wife Of Thy Youth"
The wise man repeatedly and strenuously warned his son against the strange woman. Her lips "drop as an honeycomb, her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. ...Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house." Flee to your wife!
Proverbs 5:15,18 - "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth."
PROPHECIES - "Calamity Will Come Suddenly To The Wicked Man"
We usually heed warnings in a way that is proportionate to the credibility of the person who issues the warning. If a foolish man gives a warning, we might completely ignore it. But if GOD issues a warning, His warnings are prophetic - no false alarms! Be warned!
Proverbs 6:12-15 - "A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy."
Leaving the Pain Behind |
Love...is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. – 1 Corinthians 13:5, The Amplified Bible |
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Have you ever tried to forgive someone...and found you simply couldn’t do it? You’ve cried about it and prayed about it and asked God to help you, but those old feelings of resentment just failed to go away. Put an end to those kinds of failures in the future by basing your forgiveness on faith rather than feelings. True forgiveness doesn’t have anything at all to do with how you feel. It’s an act of the will. It is based on obedience to God and on faith in Him. That means once you’ve forgiven a person, you need to consider them permanently forgiven! When old feelings rise up within you and Satan tries to convince you that you haven’t really forgiven them, resist him. Say, “No, I’ve already forgiven that person by faith. I refuse to dwell on those old feelings.” Then, according to 1 John 1:9, believe that you receive forgiveness and cleansing from the sin of unforgiveness and from all unrighteousness associated with it—including any remembrance of having been wronged! Have you ever heard anyone say, “I may forgive, but I’ll never forget!”? That’s a second-rate kind of forgiveness that you, as a believer, are never supposed to settle for. You’re to forgive supernaturally “even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32). You’re to forgive as God forgives. To release that person from guilt permanently and unconditionally and to operate as if nothing bad ever happened between you. You’re to purposely forget as well as forgive. As you do that, something supernatural will happen within you. The pain once caused by that incident will disappear. The power of God will wash away the effects of it and you’ll be able to leave it behind you once and for all. Don’t become an emotional bookkeeper, keeping careful accounts of the wrongs you have suffered. Learn to forgive and forget. It will open a whole new world of blessing for you. |
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