Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
A Time for All Events in Life 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. There is time for everything. In every aspect of our life there is a perfect timing according to Gods' calendar. May it be in our spiritual growth, career and love life. In life we must value the importance of priority where in we should know how to see which things need to comes first and which ones need to wait. In one given time or situation there is a divine appointment from God that we should be doing. If you are at work give your best to fulfill the task given to you. If its time to worship God give Him the same quality of worship He deserves. If it is time to comfort a friend you don't be staring at your phone while she/ he is sharing. If the time is for your family give the best effort to make the most from it. Time is expensive because you will never be certain which time will fall in your life. Give the best worth of it and respect the time allotted for someone else! Hebrew 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Tomorrow seems scary right? We cannot be sure of what will happen. It's very risky to invest on something you're not even sure of. It's doubtful to trust someone or something you are not familiar with; but then faith only comes when you totally risk to believe that something good will happen, that something will actually happen, though it might not be tangible at the moment. Faith is to Trust our God even our natural eyes can't see Him Are yoy having doubts today? Is tomorrow seems so clouded? Well then, open your supernatural eyes. He is just there waiting for you to trust Him and believe that He will help you find your tomorrow.😊 Proverbs 6:20-23
20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 21 Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. 23 For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life, Most often when we are growing up we most likely have a few or a lot of arguments and differences with our parents, but the blind side of growing up and wanting to experience the world and try to do our own is to forget that our parents once have been through that same era, that growing up times; and they know what tragedies we all can face along the ways if they don't warn and discipline us. That's why Solomon wrote in this passage to keep our fathers commandment and never forsake your mothers teaching. For they might not always know what's the best for us, but they surely have an idea what seems right and what we should be warned for. They've been there. They already saw and most likely they will never want to see the same thing happen to their children. There's a saying: "as I grow older my parents get smarter." True! For they are learning even more day by day to get us all where we should be in the future. If our earthly parents do this, how much more our Father in heaven. He, among all is the all knowing God. He already knew before youu even think about it and He can see far more than what we sees. That's basically why we have the bible to guide us by His word, in every decisions we need to make. He Loves us so much that He will never want us to take the wrong turns, He never wish for us to get hurt we are just so stubborn sometimes that we choose our own way and we don't always listen. Have you appreciated any disciplinary actions or punishments you've got from your parents? Maybe it's about time to realize that they just love you that's why they want to protect you from the harm that this world can bring. "Proverbs chapter 8" One of the many part where in I believe Jesus is present in the old testament. It was mentioned in the middle part of the whole chapter that He who is giving the instruction of wisdom is with the Lord at the beginning when the Lord is creating the heaven and the earth. That He is with the Lord, that Jesus is our Gods' delight daily, rejoicing to our father daily when He is creating the heavens and the earth, and it was heart warming and touching to hear when Jesus said: "and my delight were with the sons of men." The passage is saying that wisdom is better than any wealth of this world; that we should always seek the wisdom from God, to guide us and to depart from evil. Today may we all seek His presence, His guidance, His wisdom, for I love when He said: " Proverbs 8:32-36(NIV)" 32 “Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. 33 Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it. 34 Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. 35 For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord. 36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.” Hebrews 10:37-39 New International Version (NIV) 37 For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay. 38 And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back. 39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved. I guess I am born with strong personality and when I see myself as fearless I can be. I can still see a dot of fear somewhere down within me. I am strong in a way that I don't let people put me down or I wont let myself be engaged in something that can wreck my persona. I grew up protecting myself over pain and humiliation. I live a very careful but carefree life. I love to be intact, just and simple but brave enough to take every challenge that comes my way; but at the end of the day it was all fake courage. Only God can make me be that bold and confident; but even when I know and confident that God is with me I would still see myself coated with fear in some ways. I learned that a little fear is healthy because that is the moment I will be certain that I wont win this without God and out of that fear I will start to hand it all over to God. That fear will eventually became faith, faith that no matter I don't see what is coming and I am not certain what will happen I will still go on believing that my God will never forsake me. That is the kind of faith I would want me and you to always have. A faith like "potatoes", it is tangible, you can feel it, you can smell it; but when it is still buried in the ground you could not even see it. You will not even be certain if you will have something to harvest on the given day, but somehow as farmer, deep inside you. You know there is something deep within there just waiting to be harvest. It just saddened me that most of us when we could not see anything, when things around us is completely the other way around, when we are clouded with pain. We forget He will always fight the fight for us and that He will never leave us nor forsake us. (Deuteronomy 31:6) Yesterday was a battle, but God will always win it for you and me. Have faith that there is always something to look forward. You might not see it today but you will never know it will just come on the perfect Gods' time. Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." If you will google the meaning of lesson you will find that: "A lesson is a structured period of time where learning
is intended to occur." In a wider sense, a lesson is an insight gained by a learner into previously unfamiliar subject-matter. Such a lesson can be either planned or accidental, enjoyable or painful. The colloquial phrase "to teach someone a lesson", means to punish or scold a person for a mistake they have made in order to ensure that they do not make the same mistake again." What does the bible says about us making mistakes and learning our lessons? Proverbs 24:16 "For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief." He who trust in the Lord will always rise up from failing, but to be able to do that we need wisdom. If you failed once about something and you deal with it the next time with the same thing, same approach and same thinking, where is wisdom there? Ask yourself today am I growing from my past failures and mistakes? If your answer is uncertain then maybe Gods' word for you today is "wisdom". Lessons are meant to be learned from; gained with different period of time that makes people grow and mature. So they will be wise enough not to commit the same mistake again. God is merciful for those who humble themselves and turned to God's guidance. He will raise you up from your failing, from every fall you make, but be careful! It doesn't mean God is gracious enough to raise you up every now and then that you fail, you will have the privileged to have an excuse to fall. I guess there is something wrong if you kept on falling over and over again, especially if it is the same thing; then maybe you are not learning at all. Proverbs 14:12-13The Message (MSG)
12.There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell. 13.Sure, those people appear to be having a good time, but all that laughter will end in heartbreak. Confidence in God will always be our safest decision to do. There is a thin line between being confident in foolishness when we think we can do all things and being confident because we are sure it is from God and He is with us. Confidence must always be accompanied by wisdom, for what the Word of God said: Proverbs 14:12(NIV) "There are ways that seems right to a man's eye but the end is death." Let us not be deceive by what we think is right because we are familiar doing it or it just felt right. Sometimes the most difficult decision to make is to make the right decisions. Make sure you seek wisdom from God and it feels right because it is based from the character of God not because it satisfies your wants and desires, for "even the laughter of the heart is sorrowful"(v13). God deserved the truthfulness of ourselves when we come to Him. We cannot fool God and let us not fool ourselves also. Go to God exactly how you are today and seek wisdom from Him. He cannot help a fake person standing in front of Him. When you are in doubt, when you are weak or in pain don't try to fix yourself with what the world can temporarily offer or what you think can best cure you. Go to God, that's the perfect place to go. Pray. Read His word and be guided accordingly. Proverbs 15:16-19(NIV)
16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. 17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred. 18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel. 19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. Every time I read Proverbs in the bible the more I am convinced that Solomon really wrote proverbs to bring wisdom to us. While reading proverbs and run through this passage(pv. 15:16-19). I smiled and said: "nice! tricky but full of wisdom." The Lord said better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasures that brings trouble. It is better to have little but He never say we should aim little to be righteous. A vegetable dinner is better with love than a fattened calf with hatred. He never say that you are more righteous when you eat humble food, that if you aim little,live simple life and eat simply you are humbling yourself before GOd therefore you are closer to God. God is actually saying: "we should make the right decisions in life, and a proverbs with comparison is a proverb that is teaching us to try to check and balance out things in our lives. It doesn't matter how little or how much you have what matters is; Are you gaining what you have rightfully? Are you trying to gain things for His glory or your own pleasure? it doesn't matter what you prepare,eat and give; as long as you gave it, you prepared it and eat it with love. God sees our heart, our motives so do things with wisdom and love. Share to people with Love, not with double-minded giving and half hearted loving. This passage caught my attention and I begun to search for sluggard. By merely giving the ants as an example for the sluggard to follow his ways I already have in mind that it deals with someone that might be somehow lazy in a term., but then wisdom of proverbs has always bring something more exciting with one mere word.
"Believers can also be unbelievers.."-Evangelist Daniel Kolenda
The holy Ghost is surely within you but then you are doubting if you really have Him, if you can manifest the gifting that He can bring out from having Him. Doubt, Unbelief.. That is the spirit that the apostle have before that Jesus point out and thought them to cast out from them.. (Matt. 17:14-21) 14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.” 17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn't we drive it out?” 20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” [21] “This kind can come out only by prayer. Spirit of unbelief sometimes happen when we started not seeing what we used to believe in. Careful! Don't let the enemy rejoice! Jesus made us righteous and worthy to die for..you once believed that you are saved just by believing to the salvation Jesus gave freely, hold on to that faith and keep believing.. |
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