September 25, 2021
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Reading along with us in some selections from Psalms and Proverbs? Here’s today’s reading:
Proverbs 16 (NIV)
1 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.
2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them,
but motives are weighed by the Lord.
3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
4 The Lord works out everything to its proper end—
16How much better to get wisdom than gold,
to get insight rather than silver!
This Proverb makes me think of the world and what it shows us is important to work and strive for. Things so fleeting and yet the world makes them seem so important. The world listens to people that are just fools with deceitful words and holds them in important position but they are so far off from the truths of God.
We need to remind ourselves that this life is short and everything in it stays here when we die so we should hold dear the ways of God that will lead us to eternal happiness beyond our worldly expectations!
Proverbs 16
Proverbs 16
“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.”
Proverbs 16:18-19 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/pro.16.18-19.NIV
So hard to comment on the Proverbs as each one deserves notice and stirs thoughtfulness and conviction in the heart. There’s a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to destruction seems to a central thought that runs through. Pride is so dangerous because it blinds us to our weakness and therefore comes before a fall. And yet it leads us to think we know what we are doing and justifies all kinds of evil, but the consequences continue to unfold. Far better to commit our way to the Lord and find our plans succeeding, both because righteousness is it’s own reward and because God is able to show the most favor when we are most righteous.