Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Our Greek influenced mentality often leaves us satisfied with ethereal definitions of concepts and ideas. It was not so with the Hebrew mentality of the author of these Proverbs.
The righteous has an earmark. His fruit, the result of his hard labors, are left behind as a tree of life. The righteous has also the mark of winning souls to his God, which takes godly wisdom. That wisdom is part of his inherited righteousness.
This time of the year, this time of unleavened bread, presents us with the opportunity to leave behind the unfruitful works of darkness; to forsake the laboring for meat which perisheth. This is a time of looking forward towards the goal of purity in God’s righteousness. At the end of seven days, we hopefully will have left Egypt. We will have crossed the Read Sea in a massive baptism, and for generations to come, the whole world will remember the mighty acts of Yahweh on our behalf. At the end of these seven days, the world will not be the same anymore. God will have won over the powers of the world to take for Himself a people in order to accomplish His purpose.
God choose Israel out of many nations to be a trunk upon which the world would be grafted unto righteousness. Let us be worthy of this calling. Let us today know that our choosing by God with a mighty arm, both corporate and individual, , was not designed to be solely for us, but that by His great wisdom, He was creating a tree that would become the basis of redemption for humanity.
Let us not count it robbery to be a part of that tree, to have been chosen by our God. Let us not belittle it to the level of our petty conflicts. May we, as we cross that Red Sea in a few days, leave behind the petty conflicts that divide us, and as one nation of believers walk toward the mountain of our God to receive the Instructions that will mark the world of tomorrow.
Our Greek influenced mentality often leaves us satisfied with ethereal definitions of concepts and ideas. It was not so with the Hebrew mentality of the author of these Proverbs.
The righteous has an earmark. His fruit, the result of his hard labors, are left behind as a tree of life. The righteous has also the mark of winning souls to his God, which takes godly wisdom. That wisdom is part of his inherited righteousness.
This time of the year, this time of unleavened bread, presents us with the opportunity to leave behind the unfruitful works of darkness; to forsake the laboring for meat which perisheth. This is a time of looking forward towards the goal of purity in God’s righteousness. At the end of seven days, we hopefully will have left Egypt. We will have crossed the Read Sea in a massive baptism, and for generations to come, the whole world will remember the mighty acts of Yahweh on our behalf. At the end of these seven days, the world will not be the same anymore. God will have won over the powers of the world to take for Himself a people in order to accomplish His purpose.
God choose Israel out of many nations to be a trunk upon which the world would be grafted unto righteousness. Let us be worthy of this calling. Let us today know that our choosing by God with a mighty arm, both corporate and individual, , was not designed to be solely for us, but that by His great wisdom, He was creating a tree that would become the basis of redemption for humanity.
Let us not count it robbery to be a part of that tree, to have been chosen by our God. Let us not belittle it to the level of our petty conflicts. May we, as we cross that Red Sea in a few days, leave behind the petty conflicts that divide us, and as one nation of believers walk toward the mountain of our God to receive the Instructions that will mark the world of tomorrow.
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