Daily Wisdom

 Est 1:12 “But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment…”

We’ve all heard the term, the devils in the details, cautioning us about hidden/unrevealed circumstances in a situation. What is both truer and assuring for the believer is the providence of the Lord’s promises and provision for our wellbeing in every circumstance in our life. Queen Vashti refusal to respond brought about her removal and ushered in Esther as queen of Persia. This single act by Vashti began the events of the Lord delivering His children from slaughter at the king’s hand. There are always details in life occurrences, but for the believer, his is orchestrated by the providence of the Lord. Romans 8:28 “We know all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Faith in the providence of God is the solution of earthly problems.

The providence of God is like Hebrew words – it can only be read backwards, but trusted in going forward… HSAY

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 Lk 10:42 “But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Guilt is gone by way of God’s glorious grace, don’t go searching for it! And rather than allowing grace to carry us, while we choose to carry guilt. Jesus said, “take my yoke upon you, for my yoke is easy”(Mt 11:29-30). Guilt is a gauntlet that satan and our flesh continually use as a hammer of torment, shame, and unworthiness that blinds us to promised joy we have in Christ Jesus. Consider brokenness, like a bone, encourages us to seek attention and healing, whereas guilt is like trying to clean your own house before the maid gets there?  We’re ashamed of our dirt/filth so we try to clean up a bit ourselves. Martha was trying to show herself worthy of Jesus being in her home, Mary knew that wasn’t possible, but she found worth at the feet of Jesus.

Guilt is a guise for self-healing, Grace garners hope in spite of one’s self… HSAY

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 2Th 2:16 “Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.’

If our heavenly Father is the God, He says He is, how many times do we need to acknowledge, confess, and repent of a sin/s? Christianity is the only God who isn’t a god of condemnation, who must be continually appeased so when one dies it doesn’t get worse for them. Knowing the meaning of grace… the kindness, goodness, graciousness of God and nothing to do with our work or merit, a love in spite of what we deserve, and not accessed by begging or pleading… we now have our hope and assurance. Many believers are still dwelling in past sin, still praying, and trying to make (works) amends for a past failure. This impedes God’s purpose and work in and through them. Grace allows God to move forward in what and where He wants you, and I promise you it’s not in your past but His promise for tomorrow. The greatest enemy of hope is forgetting God’s promise of grace!

Repairing the past doesn’t assure the promise of tomorrow, only grace can do that… HSAY    

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 1Jn 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

God’s grace is our only guarantee of hope; without grace man is hopeless. Know the Lord does not deal with our sin through condemnation (Rom 8:1), but with love. He’s not looking to judge us but deliver us from ourselves and unrighteousness.  God’s law/Word is to protect us, not condemn us. Sin has consequences, reap what you sow, thus God puts such principles/laws in the universe to protect us from ruining our life so we can then bring about the glory and promise of heaven through our life. Adam and Eve, and the Garden best illustrate God’s kindness/grace, here’s all that you could desire… rejoice in it, live in it, prosper in it, just don’t destroy it or yourself. From that, God in His kindness (grace) gave us more than we deserved, abundance of kindness. He wants us to experience it so much, He goes to great lengths to preserve and protect it through His law/Word.

Kindness (grace) of one’s spirit will far outlast the memory of their genius… HSAY

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 Joh 15:11 “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”

How is one to abide in the love of the Lord, and He says when we abide in Him, we have His joy, and it will be full (Jn 15:11); how can we be full of joy and at the same time walking in a general cloud of guilt? This often occurs when we fail to handle sin correctly and lose sight of the cross. We must confess our sin before the Lord, but that isn’t what brings about our forgiveness. Forgiveness/grace only occurs by Christ’s way of the cross. While we are to confess our sins, our forgiveness before the Lord does not rest on our performance of pleading and begging, but only on Jesus Work of grace, not ours!  Any efforts (work) on our part to get right with the Lord only compounds our failure and fuels our guilt.

Like a car, we can only get to where the Lord wants us by remaining full of His joy… HSAY

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 Rom 11:6 “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace...”

Don’t lose sight of the power of God’s grace for our life. The power of sin is so great that we’ll never overcome it; we can mature to lessen it, but not stop it. But when we feel lost, condemned, guilty, ashamed that’s when the power of grace appears. But to think “we” can or got to get right with God, remember that if we could do that… we wouldn’t need God! While grace is not a gift to abuse, God forbid (Rom 6:1-2), grace is our only hope for glory not our efforts in fighting sin. Grace is the ultimate level playing field, allowing us to focus on the cross and Jesus great love and begin to clean our life up because of His love for us, not our love for Him.

The grace of God does not find man fit for salvation, but makes him so… HSAY

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 Heb 4:16 “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

Believers are too often missed guided in their guilt, as if God is on His throne with thunder and lightning crackling around Him daring you to approach or worse sin against Him. Guilt isn’t solely related to sin but can be equally related to our misconception of God and His grace. Consider the truth that in the N.T. Gospels (guilt or guilty) is only mentioned “10” times. Six of those times Pilot is acknowledging Jesus is guilty of nothing, two times Jesus is pointing out the Pharisees guilt of hypocrisy, and the last two are Jesus talking to the same crowd about blaspheme of the Holy Ghost. The N.T. isn’t a book of guilt, shame, condemnation but of Grace and God’s great love for you.  Don’t carry a burden God doesn’t ask you to carry. And as believers, we must be very slow and cautious in a routine of signifying sin, and quicker in displaying Jesus’ love for the sinner. Guilt isn’t a doctrine Jesus preached, but love is!

Accountability to truth does not require or call one to place the guilt of sin upon another… HSAY

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 Hos 3:1 “Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.” 

Unfortunately, the believer can be prone to play the spiritual harlot too many times in their faith walk. Yet, despise man’s acts the Lord is ever loving and longsuffering with His bridegroom’s wondering heart. The Lord directed Hosea (picture of God) to buy back his adulterous wife Gomer (picture of the believer) from her self-will ways picturing man’s spiritual harlotry. Oh, that we wouldn’t abuse the undying love of Jehovah God for us by playing the spiritual harlot.

When I boast my it not be out of my love for God, but only in His love for me… HSAY

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 Hos 2:20 “I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.”

The time will come when unfaithfulness will be impossible. God will bind us to Himself in His perfect righteousness, justice, love, compassion, and faithfulness. God was promising a fresh new beginning, not just a temporary rewriting of a tired old covenant. God's wedding gift to his people, both in Hosea's day and in our own, is His compassion. Through no merit of our own, God forgives us and makes us right with him. There is no way for us by our own efforts to reach God's righteousness, but he graciously accepts us, forgives us, and draws us into a relationship with Himself.

Love is the game two can play and both win, especially with the Lord… HSAY

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 Zec 14:20-21  "In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD;... Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts:"

Ch. 14 portrays the eventual triumph of the Messiah over all the earth and his (1,000) year reign. In the future, even such common objects as horses' bells and cooking pots will be holy. This vision of a restored, holy Jerusalem stands in contrast to our world today. One day God will fulfill His promises for Jerusalem and His children beyond what we could imagine. The Lord wants to do much more for us than we can imagine (Eph 3:20). As we commit to walk with Him in consent and compliance, we will discover this day by day as His faithfulness fills our souls (Ezra 2:1)

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man (1 Thess 4:7)… HSAY

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Zec 13:9  And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. 

Throughout the history of Israel, whenever the nation turned from God, a righteous remnant still trusted and followed Him. These believers were refined like silver and gold through the fire of their difficult circumstances. Determine to be the part of God's remnant, that small part of the whole that remains committed and faithful to the Lord. This may mean trials and troubles at times; but as fire purifies gold and silver, you will be purified and made to shine in the image of Christ.

Interest and intentions come a go, commitment is consuming and endures the purification process… HSAY