ListenDaily – 28 May 2010: A look at two...
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (Matthew 6:33)
Two verses, powerful verses, and in line with our recent discussions.
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding..."
The plain, painful, but simple truth is that we are not as smart as we think we are. Some people will say, "But God gave us brains..." And certainly, I agree; and I agree that God wants us to use them.
But...our understanding is always incomplete. Without God, our brains are useless. Period.
We can read all the books, talk to the experts, and on and on and on.
But a lot of me and a little of God isn't much. But less of me and more of God is everything.
In our relationship with God, success = obedience.
And, according to His Word, obedience = love.
Questions:
1. How does this perspective strike you?
2. Can you make wise decisions without listening to God?
3. Now what?
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May we keep listening. Jim.
INTERESTING THOUGHTS:
"The full acting out of the self's surrender to God therefore demands pain:
this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure will to obey,
in the absence, or in the teeth of inclination".
C.S. Lewis
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