Proverbs 11:29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
And the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
We do not realize sometimes that we are our own worst enemies. We do not realize that the majority of our troubles are self-inflicted. We indulge in unhealthy food and in a sedentary life, and we wonder why our body malfunctions. We allow ourselves bad attitudes, and we wonder why people avoid us.
At the end of the road of self-indulgence waits slavery. It is like Pinocchio in the Children’s Island. After he had a good time indulging himself in the pleasures of life and in worldly attitudes, after he had selfishly broke his father’s heart, it was time to ‘pay the fiddler’. Except for the dedication of his ‘creator’, Gepetto, Pinocchio would have spent the rest of his life as a beast of burden.
About 3400 years ago at this time of the year, the Children of Israel reconsidered their whole life. They had decided to leave the attitudes and ideas of worldly Egypt behind them , and in so doing, they freed themselves from servitude and slavery.
Let us also with them, on this week of Unleavened Bread, review our attitudes. Let us review our lifestyle. Let us forsake the leaven of Egypt. Let us free ourselves from its worldly indulgences. And as we empty ourselves of the world, let us expectantly receive the new doctrine, the new Instruction, the new ‘leaven’ God has for us.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
And the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
We do not realize sometimes that we are our own worst enemies. We do not realize that the majority of our troubles are self-inflicted. We indulge in unhealthy food and in a sedentary life, and we wonder why our body malfunctions. We allow ourselves bad attitudes, and we wonder why people avoid us.
At the end of the road of self-indulgence waits slavery. It is like Pinocchio in the Children’s Island. After he had a good time indulging himself in the pleasures of life and in worldly attitudes, after he had selfishly broke his father’s heart, it was time to ‘pay the fiddler’. Except for the dedication of his ‘creator’, Gepetto, Pinocchio would have spent the rest of his life as a beast of burden.
About 3400 years ago at this time of the year, the Children of Israel reconsidered their whole life. They had decided to leave the attitudes and ideas of worldly Egypt behind them , and in so doing, they freed themselves from servitude and slavery.
Let us also with them, on this week of Unleavened Bread, review our attitudes. Let us review our lifestyle. Let us forsake the leaven of Egypt. Let us free ourselves from its worldly indulgences. And as we empty ourselves of the world, let us expectantly receive the new doctrine, the new Instruction, the new ‘leaven’ God has for us.
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