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Proverbs 28:26 He
who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who
walks in wisdom is kept safe.
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September
30 Safety in
Wisdom
Truthfully, we can't do
much on our own. Sure, we like to think
that we're pretty independent but when it comes
right down to it everything that we are is a
result of God.
Proverbs 3:5 instructs us
to trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean
not on our own understanding. Wisdom says
to trust that God will take care of us even when
common sense tells us to hoard our money during
financial difficulties and cut back on our
giving to the church or charities. Common
sense tells us that being kind to the verbally
abusive guy at work will only make us a doormat.
But God's ways are better
than our own. When we do as God wants us
to it often goes against our own common sense.
There are times that doing the right thing will
require sacrifice but God does not sit idly by
while we suffer for doing right. When we
walk in wisdom we will grow spiritually and be
able to face difficulties better in the future.
And many times walking in wisdom will not only
be for our benefit. God will use our
example to either convict others of wrong doing
or spur people to action.
We can't always understand
what God is doing or why He allows something to
happen. What we can know is that God is in
control and if we continue to rely on Him, He
will see us through any difficulty. |
