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Proverbs 1 – Empowered to Reign in Life

Jul28

Good day everyone and welcome back to my channel where I blog a chapter of the bible a day

Today we are revisiting the book of Proverbs, starting from chapter 1

The very first verse caught my attention. It says: “Here are kingdom revelations, words to live by, and words of wisdom given to empower you to reign in life, written as proverbs by Israel’s King Solomon, David’s son”.(Proverbs 1:1 TPT)

There is so much to unpack from the book of proverbs that will help us reign and have dominion here on earth.

In the first 5 verses of this chapter, reading from the TPT version, I could find 10 benefits of studying and living our day to day lives by the words found in the book of proverbs.

  1. Words of wisdom to empower us reign in life
  2. Revelation of wisdom
  3. Impartation of Spiritual Understanding
  4. Keys to unlock treasures of true knowledge
  5. Discipline to demonstrate wisdom in every relationship
  6. Discipline to choose what is right and fair
  7. Great skill to teach the immature and make them wise,
  8. It will give youth the understanding of their design and destiny.
  9. Wise will be wiser
  10. It will help acquire brilliant strategies for leadership.

Point 5, 7 & 10 blew my mind…. if you need to understand you design – how God made you and for what purpose, just study proverbs. You want to understand your destiny, study proverbs. You are a leader, and you want to lead Gods way, study proverbs. You want to understand how to navigate the relationships God has placed in your life, study proverbs. Whatever stage you are in life and wherever you find yourself, the answers you need is in the book of proverbs!!!!

Verse 7 is a popular verse we often quote but I like how the TPT version puts it

“We cross the threshold of true knowledge when we live in obedient devotion to God. Stubborn know-it-alls will never stop to do this, for they scorn true wisdom and knowledge”. (Prov 1:7 TPT)

True knowledge stems from obedience to God, having a deep reverence of Him and submission to Him. God himself is the source of knowledge, so who best to teach us everything we need to know about knowledge / wisdom than Him.

Verses 8–19 depict a father advising his child not to give in to peer pressure or follow friends into negative behavior, regardless of how appealing it might appear. Harmful actions can sometimes be disguised to seem positive, making them easy to fall for if one is not cautious. Thank God we have a loving father who constantly instructs us and guide us in the right way to go. The question is are you listening and are you willing to be led by the one who knows it all and is the source of all wisdom?

God is the source of wisdom and the only one who can give true wisdom. He is always ready to give us wisdom. In verse 23, we see the invitation of wisdom, calling us to come back to our sense.

“Come back to your senses and be restored to reality. Don’t even think about refusing my rebuke! Don’t you know that I’m ready to pour out my spirit of wisdom upon you and bring to you the revelation of my words that will make your heart wise?” (Proverbs 1:23 TPT)

God wants to pour out on us all the spirit of wisdom thereby making our hearts wise. This wisdom pursuit is not just on the outside; it has to start from the inside.

Verse 33 tells us what those who heed to the invitation of wisdom will enjoy.

 “But the one who always listens to me will live undisturbed in a heavenly peace. Free from fear, confident and courageous, that one will rest unafraid and sheltered from the storms of life.” (Proverbs 1:33 TPT)

God is inviting us to come learn from Him. He is understanding, He is wisdom and He is knowledge. His way is the only sure way we can live a safe and peaceful life.

This is the daily invitation: to let wisdom be our companion, guiding us through every season, every relationship, every decision, until our lives become a living testimony to the beauty and power of God

Are you ready to heed the call?

Numbers 11 – Is God’s hand too short….

Nov9

God evening y’all. Today we are studying Numbers chapter 11.

Be blessed 🙂

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“Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord ’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp”….”Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed”.
(Numbers 11:1, 4 NLT)

Complaining, grumbling and murmuring won’t get us anywhere. If at all anything they cause more damage than good.

The children of Israel started grumbling and moaning about their troubles and the Lord got angry and set fire to the outer edge of the camp. After that, they decided to follow the pattern of the foreigners around them. They saw the foreigners complain and they joined as well. In the end their complaining led to their death.

Complaining and moaning is a sign of ingratitude. The children of Israel were the same set of people that cried out to God for help when they were in Egypt, now after they have been delivered they are moaning about food.  They seemed to have forgotten all God had done for them.

Rather than grumble or complain, it’s better to pray about whatever it is that we’re agitated about. I once heard a preacher say, “…turn all your complaints into prayer…the amount of time we spend complaining could have been used praying about the issue”. Complaining doesn’t bring results, instead prayer does: therefore we are instructed in Phillipians 4:6 to pray rather than complain.  

Scripture also says do all things without complaining and arguing (Phil 2:14).

I pray we learn to be thankful rather than complain and grumble.

Moses couldn’t comprehend how God was going to feed all the people with meat. His human mind just couldn’t conceive how this could be. At that point, he seemed to have forgotten how great and powerful God is.

“But Moses responded to the Lord , “There are 600,000 foot soldiers here with me, and yet you say, ‘I will give them meat for a whole month!’ Even if we butchered all our flocks and herds, would that satisfy them? Even if we caught all the fish in the sea, would that be enough?”
(Numbers 11:21-22 NLT)

How often do we find ourselves in a similar position like Moses where we are faced with a challenging situation and we begin to question in our minds whether God can actually fix the challenge?

I love God’s response to Moses in verse 23.
“The Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord’s hand (His ability and power) become short (thwarted and inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass for you or not”. (Numbers 11:23 AMP)

Is God’s hand to short that it can’t deliver you from your current situation? I want you to take this verse as God talking to you regards whatever challenge you may be facing right now. He is able to fix it. There is nothing too difficult for Him.

Luke 1:37 says with God all things are possible.

Jeremiah 32:17 says Ah Lord God thou hast made the heavens and the earth. Nothing is too difficult for thee.

And indeed in verse 31 God sent the meat to them. They had more than enough.

I’ve come to learn that with God its not for us to know how or when He will do it. Our job is to believe He can and will do it.

Today, remember the hand of your God is not too short to deliver you. GOD says I am the God of all flesh is there anything too hard for me? So take your challenges to Him and watch Him fix it for you.

Thanks for joining today. Pls feel free to share your thots on the chapter.

Have a blessed evening 😘

Jumbug…xxx

***With God all things are possible***