Proverbs 2:11-12 "Discretion will guard you, understanding will watch over you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things"
Discretion. Seems like that's a word we don't hear as often as we use to. That's a shame. If we listen to His word, we develop wisdom and discretion. To me, discretion enables you to make the correct choice when the options are difficult to discern. Verse 13 talks about those who "leave the path of righteousness". Sometimes the leaving is a distinct turn, sometimes it is a gradual slippage off course. Be careful!
I’m incapable of knowing and understanding God unless He imparts that understanding.
ReplyDeleteHe reveals portions of His wisdom if I:
. . . Receive His word and store it for the future.
. . . Turn my ear to hear and apply my heart (or mind) to understanding it.
. . . Call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding.
. . . Look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure.
That demands a commitment on my part. It is not easy to acquire God’s wisdom. But I have little value for what costs me little.
Like many others I’ve been trying to sort out mixed feelings in the killing of one who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of my countrymen. Gloating over the fall of an enemy is wrong. But there can be a righteous joy for justice done. May God reveal to me what he’d have me learn and understand.
Noel
Bin Laden: same feelings. Did you see my extra blog yesterday? From Proverbs 24:17-21 "Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; or the LORD will see it and be displeased, and turn His anger away from him. Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked; for there will be no future for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked will be put out."
ReplyDeleteI saw it, but did not take in the final phrases until now. I can trust that the Lord is in control. The lamp of the wicked will be put out. What a contrast to Jesus, the light of the world.
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