In my 90 Day Bible Reading Plan I have recently begun reading Proverbs. Which has brought some very insightful thoughts. I thank God for what I have learned. I hope you are blessed with what I am sharing today as much as I was blessed by God showing it to me.
Let’s dive in!
“Fools see their own way as right, but the wise listen to advice.”
-Proverbs 12:15-
This thought is all over proverbs. And one that I believe we all struggle with, and I definitely include myself in this struggle. One of the greatest parts of my ministry at Edge Park is the opportunity to work for someone like my pastor, Dr. Lynn Moore. God has used him in mighty ways to teach me many things, but at first I was not willing to listen.
I thought: “I know what I am doing. I don’t need your help.”
Well in ministry this type of thought is very unhealthy. Needless to say it only took a couple of things to fall between the cracks, or a program to utterly fail before I realized I probably should listen more.
This of course is not only in place with other people, this thought is paramount with God.
There are times in our lives that we feel that God’s instruction and discipline is warrranted and down right not useful at times, and because God loves us completely he lets us think that way.
Then when we mess up and realize that we should listen we come back to the Lord.
This is not just in effect in ministry. It’s everywhere. This is why proverbs talks about this so much, but it is so important and something we forget all the time.
Today it is my prayer that you and I would draw more near to God and listen to what HE HAS TO SAY and NOT WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY TO HIM.
He is LORD.
And for Him to be our Lord we have to listen to his instruction and discipline. The good thing about discipline and instruction is that He does them because He loves us so much and desires for us to be fruitful creations in this world.
Thanks be to God for this reminder.
Almighty God,
Help us to draw more near to you. To listen to your instruction and embrace your discipline so that it is something that transforms us more and more into people that are worthy to be called your disciples. Thank you God for this reminder. I pray that we would embrace you, listen to you and above all else glorify you in all we do.
Amen.
Now that you have embraced and listened to the Lord. Go Forth and Share this message with the world!