Proverbs chapter Four contains some great counsel that anyone who follows it will be at an advantage.

I get very emotional when I receive messages from people asking for food. After you get the food, what next? Keep on begging?

Nooo! Something must change!

Anyone who does not think beyond the immediate and the urgent, will  keep on being sad, miserable and beggarly.

A long time ago, I chose not to accept the status quo. I chose to walk daily with faith in the

Jesus Christ, who is the Wisdom from God (1 Corinthians 1:30)

Dear reader, Wisdom is profitable to direct (Ecclesiastes 10:10)

Hence we are to get wisdom in all our getting and to get understanding too! (Proverbs 4:7)

This can happen for you too:

Which reminds me of the prophet’s widow, whose husband died leaving a great debt!

Her sons were to go into slave-labor in order to pay the debts of their late father.

What a future!

But thank God for a wise mother who had understanding of the times, and who refused to accept the status quo!

She knew their problems were more deep-seated than just paying off debts. She and her kids needed a new  life.

She was a wise woman who understood that despite how low-life they have become, God will intervene supernaturally and give her and her kids a new lifestyle. 

It is so sad how people tend to accept whatever life throws at them without a fight!

But not this woman!

 She came to the understanding that she did not birth her children for a sorrowful life.

Therefore,  She stepped out of her comfort zone and sought supernatural Divine intervention. 

She went to God’s servant and explained her circumstances to him-prophet Elisha. 

All he did was point her to the miracle in her home!

 God did not leave her without a hope and a future!

And, instead of telling the man of God why his idea wouldn’t work, she believed his word,  and went to work obediently!

I pray you do not miss the day of your visitation by observing lying wonders,  in Jesus’s name.

She acted in obedience, and all debts were paid. Her sons didn’t need to do slave-labor!

Additionally, she had enough supplies to start a business and to keep turning over the profits, pay her bills and never be indebted again!

Read the story in 2 Kings chapter 4.

Indeed, wisdom is the principal thing that would distinguish the needy from idiots, scammers and lazy bones.

I have no idea how you have read your Bible today, and how it spoke to you.

As for me, I do know that this God’s Word is that rod of correction that has driven unwise choices and behaviors from me.

I refuse to observe lying wonders and forsake God’s mercy.

Lying wonders are those real time problems- they could be cancers or life threatening things- they are anything that make themselves the focus of your life- they are vanitie- worthless.  

There are so many solutions to lying wonders that creates more problems for those who observe them.

Only the AWESOME GOD has the solution that solves all problems.

Know, in Whom you have believed and whose child you are. We are not of this world.

Soul Searchlight:

a). In what ways have I been unwise in my choices for career, employment, church family, relationships, housing, medications,  etc.

b). Have I made emotional deposits into others or am I just a taker?

c). Have I been unwise in my choice of words- have I hurt others when my intention was to heal?

 d). Is my faith in God or in humans?

GEM:

After searching your soul, go back to God in repentance and worship. 

Recommit your life and move on. Don’t build a tabernacle in your mistakes. 

Decide on Bible-based working principles for your life,  and  you will begin to be stable,  relevant, independent but absolutely dependent on God. 

Your life will never remain the same.

I encourage you to keep moving forward. Tomorrow we are reading Proverbs 5.

Let us Pray:

Thank you Father for your wisdom that is at work in us and which is leading us to make right life changing decisions.

I stand against everything that wants to distract me from having faith in God’s awesomeness. 

Thank you Father God, for doing that one thing in my life that will answer all my questions,  resolve all my troubles and give me a new lease of life, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior,  December 4th 2024