Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Oh, for the meekness of the wise. Oh, for the humility of the matured heart. Because he has seen the bad, because he has experienced the evil side of man, he comes before his Lord and like the Children of Israel in Horeb, he accepts the terms of the holy covenant even before he knows them. He understands because he obeys first. The truly meek and the truly matured has seen is Lord at work; he doesn’t need proof anymore. He hears the voice and the command of his shepherd and master and he responds. He drinks every Word from the mouth of God. He wouldn’t dream of wasting any. Because he has been purged of the rocks and of the bramble, the commandments of his God go deep in the chamber of his heart and abide there forever.
It is not the same with the arrogant fool. He speaks wisdom; he professes maturity; but his actions betray his pride. He has a form of godliness while he denies the power thereof. Hear his words proudly legislate righteousness and establish wisdom. Watch his folly spread like a green bay tree. Listen to his endless analysis of the Word of Truth. The end will tell the beginning: will he stand in the eyes of God as he does in the eyes of man? The fool doesn’t receive the commandment of God. He questions it, ‘Has God truly said?’ He doesn’t receive in all humility because he doesn’t trust God. He wants to understand before he obeys. He wants God to show the plan before he follows. Because he has rejected the love of the truth, he is given an energy of error that leads him to his own destruction.
Abba Father, I pray that you make me what you’d have me be. In the name of your son, the only Mediator between you and us: Yehoshua.
Oh, for the meekness of the wise. Oh, for the humility of the matured heart. Because he has seen the bad, because he has experienced the evil side of man, he comes before his Lord and like the Children of Israel in Horeb, he accepts the terms of the holy covenant even before he knows them. He understands because he obeys first. The truly meek and the truly matured has seen is Lord at work; he doesn’t need proof anymore. He hears the voice and the command of his shepherd and master and he responds. He drinks every Word from the mouth of God. He wouldn’t dream of wasting any. Because he has been purged of the rocks and of the bramble, the commandments of his God go deep in the chamber of his heart and abide there forever.
It is not the same with the arrogant fool. He speaks wisdom; he professes maturity; but his actions betray his pride. He has a form of godliness while he denies the power thereof. Hear his words proudly legislate righteousness and establish wisdom. Watch his folly spread like a green bay tree. Listen to his endless analysis of the Word of Truth. The end will tell the beginning: will he stand in the eyes of God as he does in the eyes of man? The fool doesn’t receive the commandment of God. He questions it, ‘Has God truly said?’ He doesn’t receive in all humility because he doesn’t trust God. He wants to understand before he obeys. He wants God to show the plan before he follows. Because he has rejected the love of the truth, he is given an energy of error that leads him to his own destruction.
Abba Father, I pray that you make me what you’d have me be. In the name of your son, the only Mediator between you and us: Yehoshua.
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