December 30, 2021 … Greater Than Gold …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 364 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from the group The Gettys singing … Perfect Wisdom of Our God … poignantly singing of how the wisdom that we get from our relationship with God is invaluable for living our lives for/with Him. 

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Highlight Passage: …  Proverbs 3:18 [NLT] …   

8 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold her tightly. 

… Solomon shows us that getting and holding on to Godly wisdom is the key to peace and happiness.  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Proverbs 3:1-20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, offering to will follow God’s ways, the value of wisdom in living our lives.    ===============                                              .                

Reference Passag: … Psalm 111:10 [NLT] … 

10 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom.  All who obey His commandments will grow in wisdom. 

… God, thru the Psalmist, proclaims where we find Godly wisdom.   

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 1:7 [NLT] … 

7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. 

… Solomon shows how fools ignore the way to Godly wisdom being the referenced of God and His truth.

Reference Passage: … Ecclesiastes 7:12 [NLT] …  

12 Wisdom and money can get you almost anything, but only wisdom can save your life.   

… Again, after years of folly and disobedience of God’s truth, Solomon declares that only the pursuit of Godly wisdom is life giving. 

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.  

… God, thru James, shows that the Lord will provide wisdom to anyone who humbly seeks it from Him.   

          

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Rayon, AT THIS LINK …   tells of Edward Jackson, a seeker after gold in the gold rush of 1849, … who west from the midwest to find nothing but agony and heart ache in the process.  Much the wiser for this folly, he returned home to become a successful farmer and politician. 

And that story illustrates well what God, thru Solomon <b>(see Scriptures above)</b>, has tried to get His Chosen to understand; … that we may find fleeting prestige and power in gold (i.e., the pursuit of wealth); but only Godly wisdom, which we get from knowing and following God’s will, can give us life and true peace.  I pray that all reading here join me in Solomon’s quest for God’s wisdom, knowing that we will only find it thru our humble pursuit of knowing and worshiping our Lord and thru our obedience to His truth.                              

My THANKFULNESS:: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your wisdom when I know and obey You.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to pursued Your wisdom and Your will, Lord, thru Your word.    … Amen

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