Pro
3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from
evil.
We love
being wise in our own eyes, don't we? Is it any wonder that we are instructed
NOT to be wise in our own eyes? We adore patting ourselves on the back.
Self-centeredness is a huge curse that we all have. Wanting to be
self-important, wanting to have a high self-esteem these are all things that
are touted as being good, all the while we know anyone that crosses the unseen
line into braggart, boaster, self-absorbed, vain, narcissistic has gone too
far. There is a television show that I watch and on that show there are a panel
of three judges, these judges are constantly giving contradictory advice to the
contestants of the show. They say- be more assertive, own yourself, take
charge, believe in yourself and then they'll turn around and say to the same
person you don't want to get too cocky. They'll say they love the person's
humbleness all the while telling them to come out of their shells. Yes, there
are fine lines that we must walk if we are walking with the world and trying to
impress the world and its ways.
God tells
us NOT to be wise in our own eyes. We are NOT to laud our achievements, our
ability to think well, our higher I.Q., our ability of being smarter than
others. We simply are NOT to take any credit whatsoever for our own wisdom in
anything. Why are we not to be wise in our own eyes. It leads to
self-dependence not God-dependence. We see less and less of our need for God
when we take credit for our own wisdom, as if it wasn't God who gave us that
wisdom. There are thousands upon thousands of people who say they have no need
of God because they are doing fine without Him. They give no glory to God
whatsoever. They sense no need for salvation, believing they are too smart to
be duped into believing in something they can't see or hear. Faith is not something
they are willing to risk their supposed intelligence upon, it might make them
see foolish-even if only to themselves.
Pro
3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from
evil.
Be not
wise in our own eyes -- FEAR THE LORD and DEPART FROM EVIL.
The LORD
should be magnified always. Recognizing any intelligence on our part is of God,
this is what is necessary. Giving God the glory, not ourselves, this is what
will keep us from the evil of self. Because it is evil when we take all the
glory to ourselves, glory that is not ours to take, glory we have NO right to.
We did NOT create ourselves! We do NOT sustain ourselves! Yet so many believe
they do just because they can say the words and believe the words. Just as they
will say to a person of faith that their faith is baseless, a person of faith
can do the same to them.
We are to
fear the Lord, to have the Lord paramount in our existence, in ALL we do, just
as we studied yesterday. All our ways are to be directed by acknowledging God.
ALL our ways. We don't take a single breath without God.
God's plan
for us is for us to be His willingly, wanting Him, knowing Him.
Pro
3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from
evil.
Pro
3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Pro
3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all
thine increase:
Pro
3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall
burst out with new wine.
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