Daily Wisdom

 Pro 13:12  ‘Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.’

Nothing is more grievous than the disappointment of a raised expectation that proves false. Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, fretful and peevish, and higher the expectation is raised greater the heart sinks. Therefore, it’s wisdom not to promise ourselves any great matters from man or this temporal world, doing so is your own vexation. The hearts only hope can only be in the One who can and does keep His promises, knowing there’s no real hope without a real promise. 

Hope hinges on the One who made the promise; know your source, know your hope… HSAY

Daily Wisdom

 Jere 1:16 ‘And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.’

While this warning is about Judah and Jerusalem’s eventual fall to Babylon in (586 BC), we too must be cautious in our thoughts of good fortune. Be cautious in looking to your own hands as worthy praise. The only hands worth praising are the nailed scarred hands of Jesus! (Psa 90:17 ‘And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us.’). Our hands are to be lifted in praise and offering to the Lord’s use, not for ours (Psa 134:2).

My hands have possessed many things, of which I’ve lost them all; but whatever I placed in God’s hands, I still possess… HSAY

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Jer 1:6  ‘Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.’ 

Jeremiah was only a youth 20-21 yrs. old. Yet the Lord encouraged him not to be fearful of his youth or inability to serve the Lord’s will. Don’t succumb to fear of inadequacy, what the Lord calls us to He’ll provide the power and provision to deliver it. The Lord doesn’t need your knowledge, skills, or personality, He just needs your faith and your mouth, and He’ll provide the rest (vs 9 - LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.) Don’t doubt what the Lord can deliver through you if you’re willing to be used.

Boldly open your mouth concerning Jesus, and you’ll be surprised yourself what comes out… HSAY

Daily WIsdom

2 Chron 26:16 ‘But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction…’

After God gave Uzziah great prosperity and power, he became proud and corrupt. Man will always be better served when his strength is fully reliant on God (2 Cor 12:10 ‘…for when I am weak, then am I strong.’), and not in his own hands. In the Father’s favor towards us, we can’t become full of ourselves. The scriptures prove that it’s better to be broken and empty with the Saviour, than it is to be strong and full of one-self; it often leads one to thoughts of selfish entitlement rather than a humble servant.   

Selfishness isn’t living as one wishes, it’s expecting others to live as one wishes… HSAY 

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 2Ch 25:19 ‘You say, ‘See, I have struck down Edom,’ and your heart has lifted you up in boastfulness. But now stay at home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?’

Amaziah’s willingness to become boastful in God’s favor, brought foolishness with it. A man's pride will bring him low (Pro 29:23); it goes before his destruction, and deservedly brings it on. Even Joash, king of Israel, warned him here in (vs 19) “why provoke trouble.” Amaziah refused the prophet and the Word of God for his own counsel (vs 16); what are we when we offer to establish our own righteousness, or presume to justify ourselves before God? Willing to act outside the Word of God is choosing to lead oneself off his own cliff, that sadly often pulls others over with them.

Pride is the sin where one chooses the wisdom of self over the wisdom of the Saviour… HSAY 

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Chron 25:15 ‘Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?’

How foolish for Amaziah to serve the gods of a defeated enemy. We make the same mistake when we run after and trust in money, power, or recognition. This world is a fallen enemy against the Father’s promises. If the world can’t sustain itself spiritually, morally, and financially why would we look to or depend on it for our hope? If man would duly consider the inability of this world to help him, he wouldn’t be such an enemy to his own self. 

Trust God, not people; depend on God, not the world; live for God, not yourself… HSAY

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2Ch 25:2 ‘And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.’

Amaziah did what was right on the outside, but inside he often resented what he had to do. His obedience was at best halfhearted. When promised God's deliverance, Amaziah first complained about the money that had been lost (vs 9), valuing military success more than God's will. We must search our own hearts and root out any resistance in our obedience. Rashness makes work for repentance; Amaziah wasn’t against God, just indifferent towards His will which eventually leads to indifference towards obedience altogether.

The deception of Christianity with indifference is more insidious and less curable than infidelity itself; at least one has a chance for change when presented truth (Rev 3:15)… HSAY

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 2Ch 24:2; 17 ‘And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. (17) Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.’

Men may go far with faithful performances of religion when they humble themselves under proper spiritual leadership. Joash the king of Judah lost his humility and was proven more zealous about the repair of the temple than he was the temple of his own heart. When Joash found the money did not come in to repair the temple as he expected he tried another way, and that answered his intention. Thus, once Jehoiada the priest died, Joash was then led astray and refused to listen to the Lord and served groves and idols of the princes of Judah instead. A faithful life only proves faithful when one stays on the path which lead them to be faithful in the first place. It is easier to build temples than to be temples to God.

Humility seeks proper leadership; pride self-provides its own… HSAY

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 Mat 18:10 ‘Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.’

When the churches’ purpose is meeting the desires of the have rather than serving the have not, its purpose becomes a Christian club and no longer a Spiritual ministry. “Take heed’ is literal caution giving by our Lord to the body of the church. The infant seed (weak believers) of the faithful belong to the family of Christ, and are not to be despised. The church cannot look upon them with contempt, as burdensome or in disdain, doing so is to the peril of the church. Know our Father in heaven has assigned an angel to their care, foolish for the church not to care!

When God’s lesser children are a disruption to your will, you’re not in God’s will… HSAY

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1Co 3:13 ‘Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.’

Two sure ways to destroy a building, tamper with the foundation and to build with inferior materials. The church must be built on the furtherance of Christ, not on any other person or principle. The Father will evaluate each person's contribution to the life of the church, and judgment day will reveal/manifest the sincerity of each person's work and determine whether a person has been faithful to His will. Either one will be a contributor or a disruptor by their works.

Our greatest privilege is to do the will of God, in the power of God, for the Glory of God… HSAY