Proverbs 1:4
THAT RESOURCEFULNESS MAY BE IMPARTED TO THE SIMPLE,
TO THE YOUNG MAN KNOWLEDGE AND DISCRETION.
Proverbs 1:4
As I mentioned before I have been praying for several people with Proverbs 1-4 as a guidance... I have been strongly impacted by the words in this passage, so strongly that I decided to include myself in the prayer!!! ji ji ji I mean it is sooooo good that I want a portion of that myself.
Resourceful- clever and imaginative especially when dealing with a difficult situation; the
ability to deal with a situation effectively.
Doesn't that make your mouth water? I have lost count of the times in which I did not know how to deal with a difficult situation. In fact it is so sad to remember that there was a time when I pressed God to give me a pink world, with no problems at all. I should have asked for resourcefulness to be imparted to me instead!
Clever and imaginative especially when dealing with a difficult situation;
the ability to deal with a situation effectively
discreet- having or showing prudence and self-restraint in speech and behaviour
Prudent-1. wise in practical matters.
2. Careful for one's own intersts; provident.
3. Careful about one's conduct; circumspect
mmm...isn't a surprise that God thinks one should be careful for one's own interests; provident.
Provident- 1. Providing for future needs or events
2. frugal; economical.
This is a very delicate topic. Some people depend on money a whole lot, and they point to such verses to defend their dependence on money and not in God. But then there are those (I tend to move in this side of the see-saw) who are not careful for their own interests, God says we should be prudent.
That makes me think a lot. I would still go to the jungle, that is different because there was a command direct from God, so even if it was dangerous to the normal eye...I was actually being very prudent- by obeying God.
But I have had to change my diet because a lot of the things that I was consuming were not healthy. And now that I am home and have the chance I am going to the dentist and the doctor for my check ups...things that I had postponed way to long.
So often in the name of faith we are imprudent. Faith should be a result from hearing God's voice. And people see that somebody got a miracle by not going to the doctor, so they do not go to the doctor!
It is tricky, trying to explain this...because I often receive commands from God that are opposite to what one would consider wise. BUT again, the BIG difference IS that I have heard such instructions from God. And in my obedience I have found life.
If God wouldn't have said anything about the jungle... I wouldn't have gone. It was too dangerous.
So, I sit here and I ask God to grant us with these things...even if only these things were given to us, our whole lives would be dramatically affected. But I am asking for much more- I want Jesus' sacrifice to be worthwhile.
TO THE YOUNG MAN KNOWLEDGE AND DISCRETION.
Proverbs 1:4
As I mentioned before I have been praying for several people with Proverbs 1-4 as a guidance... I have been strongly impacted by the words in this passage, so strongly that I decided to include myself in the prayer!!! ji ji ji I mean it is sooooo good that I want a portion of that myself.
Resourceful- clever and imaginative especially when dealing with a difficult situation; the
ability to deal with a situation effectively.
Doesn't that make your mouth water? I have lost count of the times in which I did not know how to deal with a difficult situation. In fact it is so sad to remember that there was a time when I pressed God to give me a pink world, with no problems at all. I should have asked for resourcefulness to be imparted to me instead!
Clever and imaginative especially when dealing with a difficult situation;
the ability to deal with a situation effectively
discreet- having or showing prudence and self-restraint in speech and behaviour
Prudent-1. wise in practical matters.
2. Careful for one's own intersts; provident.
3. Careful about one's conduct; circumspect
mmm...isn't a surprise that God thinks one should be careful for one's own interests; provident.
Provident- 1. Providing for future needs or events
2. frugal; economical.
This is a very delicate topic. Some people depend on money a whole lot, and they point to such verses to defend their dependence on money and not in God. But then there are those (I tend to move in this side of the see-saw) who are not careful for their own interests, God says we should be prudent.
That makes me think a lot. I would still go to the jungle, that is different because there was a command direct from God, so even if it was dangerous to the normal eye...I was actually being very prudent- by obeying God.
But I have had to change my diet because a lot of the things that I was consuming were not healthy. And now that I am home and have the chance I am going to the dentist and the doctor for my check ups...things that I had postponed way to long.
So often in the name of faith we are imprudent. Faith should be a result from hearing God's voice. And people see that somebody got a miracle by not going to the doctor, so they do not go to the doctor!
It is tricky, trying to explain this...because I often receive commands from God that are opposite to what one would consider wise. BUT again, the BIG difference IS that I have heard such instructions from God. And in my obedience I have found life.
If God wouldn't have said anything about the jungle... I wouldn't have gone. It was too dangerous.
So, I sit here and I ask God to grant us with these things...even if only these things were given to us, our whole lives would be dramatically affected. But I am asking for much more- I want Jesus' sacrifice to be worthwhile.
posted by thisfool @ 4:36 PM
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