Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 117
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from an anonymous praise group singing … Foolish the Wisdom of the World … poignantly singing of we must choose to follow God’s wisdom, not our own desires or that of the world.
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Highlight Passage: Ecclesiastes 10:2-3 [ESV] …
A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. 3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
…We can choose the way we walk … following Godly wisdom or that of the foolish wisdom of the world or our own selfish hearts.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Ecclesiastes 10:1-14 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, challenges us to beware and avoid following the wisdom of the world.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 1:7 [ESV] …
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
… We’re fools if and when we’re unwilling to seek Godly counsel and follow the ways of God rather than our flesh or that of the world.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 53:6 [ESV] …
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
… Following The Messiah is the only way to avoid the foolishness of our own humanity or the world.
Reference Passage: … Romans 3:21-23 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, shows the truth that we only avoid the foolishness of self or the world by surrendering to follow the Savior.
Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [ESV] …
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me.
… Now, by following Christ, I can now live by faith rather than the foolish ways of selfishness or in following the foolishness of the world.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Con Campbell, AT THIS LINK … tells of a stupid thief who, in attempting to rob a convenience store, put down a $20 bill to get the attendant to open the cash register, … then, demanding all the cash; the foolish thief only got $15 and left the $20 bill, showing off his stupidity and foolishness.
That story reminded the ODB author of the warnings of Solomon in the highlight passage as well as in Proverbs 1:7, where the Prophet, … and the other Scriptures above, … help all believers, … that by following the ways of The Messiah, … our Lord, King Jesus, … we have been given the enabling grace, and the free will, to choose to follow God’s ways rather than the destructive ways of the flesh or the foolishness of the world (see photo).
So, by following Jesus’ command for all of us disciples in Luke 9:23 {look that up on your own!!}, we can choose to follow King Jesus and avoid the foolishness of this world or that of our own fleshly stupidity.
I pray today that we’re choosing to seek out Godly wisdom and to follow God’s ways, by trusting in God’s word, … so that we’ll avoid the foolishness of selfishness or the stupidity of the world, which we can easily see is leading us to destruction these days.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, King Jesus, … for giving us Your empowering and enabling grace to seek out Godly wisdom in our walk in this world,
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to seek out Your will, Lord, and follow Your ways from Your word today …. and tomorrow. … 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; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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