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Wednesday, August
26, 2009
True Or False
Proverbs 11:1-2 A false balance is
abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. (2) When pride
cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. (KJV)
Hey, when you really stop and think about
life here on earth, doesn’t it all come down to simple true and false
questions? I mean, after all, we are either with the Lord or we are against
Him. The truth of His word will set us free, while on the other hand when
we allow pride and our own thinking to influence us then it leads in a
false direction, causing shame. In everything in life it is all about
finding the just balance with the Lord; we are in this world, but we as His
church are not of it. So we as believers in Christ all need to hear for ourselves
how to balance out everything we do so that it is pleasing in the sight of
our Lord.
1 Timothy 6:9-11 But they that will be
rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful
lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. (10) For the love of
money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (11)
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. (KJV)
We have all been indoctrinated with the
idea that money is the end all, the cure all answer for all of man’s
problems here on earth. However, those that are called to teach and preach
the truth of God’s word know that the Lord needs to be our only source if
we are going to keep a just balance with Him, and that our Lord provides
our need on a daily basis. So anytime that we set our love or affection on
anything of this life, we enter the realm of false where you will get out
of a proper balance with the Lord and will end up falling eventually.
1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with
contentment is great gain. (7) For we brought nothing into this world, and
it is certain we can carry nothing out. (8) And having food and raiment let
us be therewith content. (KJV)
If you notice, right before the Lord
warns us of the root cause of all evil here on planet earth, He shows us
the proper balance and mindset of how He would have us operate. The simple
truth is that when we depart this temporary realm and are headed for the
eternal one we will be leaving with the same luggage as what we came here
with, and the Lord’s policy is no carry-on luggage, period.
Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me vanity
and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me: (9) Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or
lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. (KJV)
The writer in Proverbs has an interesting
take on contentment; that just weight and balance that the Lord would like
His people to operate in. Remember the Lord’s prayer on the pattern or
outline that He was teaching the disciples to pray after, “give us this day
our daily bread”? So true or false; are you able to separate and know the
difference today between soul and spirit; what is of God and what is of the
flesh?
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