THE COURAGE TO OBEY WISDOM
Mat 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Will you act on God's gift of WISDOM in your life? Will you choose to use it? Do you have the COURAGE to obey WISDOM? With the choice to have WISDOM must also come the COURAGE to implement that choice in your life. ALL of your choosing to have WISDOM - - - including your sowing to the things of God and your releasing God's WISDOM into your life - - -will come to naught if you fail to ACT on God's WISDOM, if you fail to implement it in your life on a daily basis.
WISDOM isn't just for "thinking about" or "talking about." WISDOM is for WALKING OUT. We must come to a new awareness that God's ways are not our ways. The paths He puts before us to walk are not necessarily the ones we would choose or imagine. Only God's WISDOM works for our good in every situation and every circumstance ALL the time! It's God's WISDOM we must SEEK...AND HAVE...AND REQUIRE.
God's WISDOM is not just for our knowing. It's for our DOING. It's for APPLICATION to our lives. JESUS taught,
Mat 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." (NIV)
First, you hear the sayings of Jesus. Then you are required to DO them. Hearing isn't enough to earn you the respect of Jesus as a WISE person. DOING what you know to do makes someone truly WISE.
Let me assure you that the rain is descending and that the floods are coming. In fact, they are here. We're being deluged in this nation today with an unholy downpour of drugs, crime, immorality, abuse, and treachery on ALL fronts. People who have never made JESUS Lord of their lives are trying to run our country. This will NEVER WORK. There is to much hate between the people. "AND GREAT WAS ITS FALL."
On the other hand, Jesus promised that the man who hears and DOES what He says to do will build a house that WILL NOT FALL. It will withstand every onslaught. It will withstand every flood. I can't think of a better reason to SEEK God's WISDOM and to DO it!
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER FOR GODLY WISDOM FOR OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES, OUR CHURCH AND OUR COUNTRY.