Sunday, October 11, 2020

Oct 11, 2020 … Seeking Godly Wisdom

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 285 


Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Keith & Kristyn Getty singing … Perfect Wisdom of our God … poignantly singing of how we, as Christians, must seek and find the wisdom of God which comes from the word of God.  


Seeking and finding God's wisdom ... 


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Highlight Passage:  1Kings 3:9 [ESV] ... 

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern Your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this Your great people?”

    Solomon chooses wisdom to rule - GOOD CHOICE!! 

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Highlight Passage [Context] : …  1Kings 3:5-12 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK … 

… God gives Solomon his choosing from God; and Solomon chooses wisdom  from God to rule as King. 

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Reference Passage: …  Psalm 119:66, 73 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… The Psalmist shows us the way to find God's wisdom and His ways … in HIs word. 


Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 1:7, 9:10 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon shows us that wisdom begins by our “fear of the Lord” and seeking His way in all things. 


Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] …  

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  6  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths. 

… Choosing to trust in God’s way and follow Him is the way to go in life … not our own way.    


Reference Passage: …  James 1:5-6 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru James, exhorting Christians to seek after God’s wisdom with trust and faith that He will show us His way. 


My Devotional Journal:</b> Today's Our Daily Bread author, Anne Cetas, AT THIS LINK  uses a story of a young child wandering off to a local fair because of his ignorance of the dangers involved.  


And in these pandemic and dangerous times, we see young people incurring much danger by doing stupid stuff, don’t we?  So, where do we find the wisdom and discernment to traverse these dangerous times more safely?  


Well, Solomon (see today’s highlight passage) was seeking that kind of wisdom; and he chose to seek Godly wisdom from His reverence in following his Lord.  And as we read in all the truths above from God’s word, we see that fearing the Lord and seeking His will and ways is found by trusting the Lord and seeking His direction thru His word (see reference Scriptures above).  


That’s why you find me here, meditating daily from God’s word, and journaling how my Lord uses His perfect “GPS” (i.e., His word) to lead me in life.  And today I pray we all are seeking after Godly wisdom (see photo) from His perfect truth.   

 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for showing me Your wise ways to go in life thru Your word.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me to use God’s word as our perfect “GPS” in life.   … Amen


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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs.

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