Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from Jeremy Camp singing … The Answer … poignantly singing of how, in this perplexing and confusing world, we must seek our direction and wisdom Jesus, … Who provides the answers to our questions from His word.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1 Kings 3:9, 28 [NKJV] … Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” … 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
… God grants Solomon his prayer for wisdom; and all of God’s people see God’s enlightenment thru His decisions following God.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1 Kings 3 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… Solomon chooses wisdom; and God grants his prayer.
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Reference Passage : … Psalms 119:105 [NKJV] … 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
… God’s word is the source of all wisdom and the light for my path.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 1:1-7 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon to his son, shows us where the source of all wisdom lies … in our pursuit of knowing God and revering His ways.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NKJV] … 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
… We seek for the wisdom of God not in our own understanding of our circumstances but by following God’s will and His way … thru His word, which is the source of all truth.
Reference Passage : … James 1:5-6 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru James, commands us to seek for God’s wisdom in faith, knowing that He is the source of all wisdom.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Jennifer Benson Schuldt, uses a story of a wise judge who was able to settle a dispute over ownership of a dog by letting the dog choose its owner. The ODB author writes … A man filed a lawsuit against a woman, claiming she had his dog. In court, the woman said her dog couldn’t be his and told the judge where she had purchased it. The real owner’s identity was revealed when the judge released the animal in the courtroom. Tail wagging, it immediately ran to the man!
My dear readers, … it’s a confusing/perplexing world out there, isn’t it? … And mankind seeks for the wisdom to get by and follow the right roads in life thru sources like education, science, politics, and our own selfish understanding of our circumstances. But none of those will provide the answers which Jeremy Camp sings about in the linked song, will they?
No, … following our God, in the Person of His Son, King Jesus, is the only way, isn’t it? And that’s what Solomon discovered and prayed for, didn’t he (see highlight passages and the photo)? And it’s what all of Jesus’ disciples discovered, especially after His resurrection. And, for sure, it’s what we discover the more we know our God thru His word.
And so, … if you meditate on the Scriptures above, especially the Reference verses, we have to see that our only way to making wise and discerning decisions in these confusing times is to seek - in faith - God’s will and His ways from His word. And that’s why you’ll find me here - every morning - beginning my day by clearing my selfish mind and diligently seeking to know my God by studying His truth.
How about you?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for Your the light on my path which I see and follow in Your word.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all of us follow the clear light You shine on our paths by Your word. … Amen
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