December 27, 2023… Living By Godly Wisdom

December 27, 2023… Living By Godly Wisdom   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Laura Woodley singing … Wisdom Song …  Poignantly singing of how Christians must seek and use God’s wisdom to follow His ways of living rather than our own. 

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Highlight Passage: … Proverbs 11:30  [ESV] … 

30 The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life, a wise person wins friends, 

… Solomon shows the results of living with Godly wisdom.    

Highlight Passage (in context) … Proverbs 11:24-31  … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s word, thru Solomon, on living a life based on Godly wisdom.                                      

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6, 13-17 (NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon shows the value of living by and following God’s wisdom and His understanding rather than following our own ways.    

Reference Passage: … Matthew 7:24 (NLT] …  

24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 

… Jesus teaches His follower and disciples about the wisdom of follow His teaching and wisdom. 

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:16a(NLT] … 

16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom He gives. …    

… The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians that following Christ is the way to all Godly wisdom

Reference Passage: … James 1:5 (NLT] … 

5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.   

… James teaches Christians that we can seek and find God’s wisdom by seeking to follow His ways. 

Reference Passage: … James 3:15-17 (NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus’ brother, James, also teaches what Godly wisdom is like in the believer.                         

         

My Devotional Journal:Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Katara Patton -  AT THIS LINK -   relates the story of a Postal Mail Carrier who wisely noticed that an elderly woman on his route had not picked up her mail for several days; and he notified a neighbor who had a key to the woman’s home, discovering, upon entry, that the woman had fallen a few days earlier and could not get up to call for help.  And so, it was the wisdom and actions of the postal worker which saved the woman’s life. 

And today’s ODB entry and the Scriptures above show us the value of following and living by God’s wisdom; because, … like the ODB story illustrates, … we can live productive and fruitful lives if we follow and live by God’s ways rather than relying on our own perceptions and judgments (see especially the Proverbs cited above).  

I don’t know about my readers here today; but I’m here every day, guided by God’s word, thru these ODB readings, trying to glean Godly wisdom from God’s word, to keep me on God’s path in life, rather than trying to find my way on my own.  It’s my daily strategy to use God’s perfect “GPS” (i.e., His word) to give me His wisdom and to lead me in life.  How’re you gaining and using Godly wisdom to guide your life?               

   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me Your way to go in life by following Your truth thru Your word.             

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to seek Your wisdom, Lord, thru Your word, to guide us in life.   … Amen  

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