THURSDAY IN THE FIRST WEEK OF GREAT LENT!!!!!!!!!! PROVERBS 3:5-6 “TRUST IN GOD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND BE NOT EXALTED IN THINE OWN WISDOM.. IN ALL THY WAYS ACQUAINT THYSELF WITH HER, THAT SHE MAY RIGHTLY DIRECT THY PATHS.” Mans wisdom is nothing; it is foolishness before God. The fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom, that is, of fulfilling the injunction: “In all thy ways acquaint thyself with (wisdom).” The Lord Jesus Christ is here called “wisdom”, it is one of His many titles. This is why we are told: “In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her.” Wisdom is not an attribute, but a person; one becomes acquainted with a person. It is not coincidental that we are told in one breath to “trust in God with all thine heart”, and then with the next, to “be not exalted in thine own wisdom”. Mans wisdom does not trust the Lord with all its heart, it is “wise in its own conceit”. To trust someone does not just intellectually believe they are reliable; it is also willful submission to the person as a reliable guide and a strong protector. The flesh wants to go its own way; the proverb calls this “being exalted in (its) own wisdom.” The way of life is not only belief; it is the forcing of oneself to trust in God. The adversary of trust in God is ourselves. We lie to ourselves if we say we trust God while also trusting ourselves. How are we to trust in the Lord? It is from His revelation to us. No wisdom can come from ourselves, but knowledge grows in us as we cultivate a relationship with wisdom. This is the only way. Trusting God takes effort and involves everything in our life! “In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths. ”
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 04:30:29 +0000