Monday

PRaP 4/21/08

 

“Wisdom From Popsicles?”

 

There are so many good ones here it is difficult to choose.  They pretty much all stand out and slap you in the face.  Proverbs 16:1 Stands out heavy on my heart though; “To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue.”  We have desires of our hearts and none of them will come to us without the LORD saying “Yes”.  We can want and want but if we do not go to Him with our desires they will never come to pass through His lips.  God loves us so much that He told us that if we ask for anything in His name it will be given to us.  Thing is a lot of those things are, let’s say tweaked, but He sends us what He knows we need at the time that we need it.  There are times He says “No” but we don’t want to hear that but He has to have a good reason to say no because He is of course God all seeing and all knowing, right?  The Bible tells us to let our no be no and our yes be yes and not to be double minded about things so you know for a fact that God wont do that to us.  Make sure that if you think you hear a “no”, to stop and listen some more because it may be a “no not right now”.  As children we sometimes only hear the “no” and not the part where he says “not right now”.  We are spoiled children and we want everything now but sometimes we can’t have it right now because God is planning something bigger and better for us.  It’s kind of like when you make popsicles out of Koolaide and you pour the concoction into little plastic cups and put it in the freezer and come back 5 minutes later and expect them to be frozen and they are barely even cold.  Best to leave those over night so that they can freeze solidly otherwise you just have a drink instead of a frozen treat.  Which is better on a hot summer day, a cup of room temperature Koolaide or a frozen, icy cold, Koolaide popsicle?  So wait for it children.

 

Proverbs 16

 

Key Verse:

Proverbs 16:2
All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD.
Proverbs 16:1-3 (in Context) Proverbs 16 (Whole Chapter)

 

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Pastor Stephen Eldridge

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