Good morning, afternoon, evening (good whenever),
"He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself...and he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself. Do not reprove a scoffer...or he will hate you...reprove a wise man and he will love you. Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser...teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your days will be multiplied...and years of life will be added to you. If you are wise for yourself. And if you scoff, you alone will bear it." (Pro-Verbs 9:7-12)
Being a teacher is hard. In class...you have some who want to be taught...some who are there in class..."in body only." In I Timothy 3:16-17...the progression of teaching is laid out:
"All Scripture is God-breathed/inspired by God...and profitable for (1) teaching [information presented] (2) reproof [a testing of knowledge of information] (3) correction [taking wrong answers and making them right] (4) training [practicing the correct information]...IN RIGHTEOUSNESS; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."
(I Timothy 3:16-17)
In karate...we are taught in class...we practice at home...we demonstrate what we have practiced back in class...and then the instructor corrects what we have demonstrated...we go back home and practice again. If we get cocky and arrogant...we resent the instructor...but if we are wise... we take the instruction...and get it right.
That's how it is in the Kingdom of God. You have got scoffers and wicked who give you dishonor and insults...and you have wise and righteous who will love you and get wiser and increase in learning.
The starting point is to fear the Lord...is the beginning of this thing called wisdom....that leads to the knowledge of the Holy One and understanding. The scoffer can't learn..and the cause and effect is...no wisdom...no knowledge...and a life alone. The wise...take instruction...and GET IT RIGHT.
This Pro-Verb reminds me of Jesus' words about handing out to dogs and swine..."Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine...or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces." (Matthew 7:6) Hmmm...sounds like the wicked scoffers.
Love and Instructing Kisses
Rodney "Trying To Get It Right" Boyd
Showing posts with label Wisdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wisdom. Show all posts
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
PRO-VERBS 8:10-11 Comparitivly Speaking
Greetings Desiring People...
"Take my instruction and not silver...and knowledge rather than choicest gold...for wisdom is better than jewels; and all desirable things cannot compare with her." (Pro-Verbs 8:10-11)
Psalm 8 is a picture of this thing called wisdom...personified...in the form of a female. Some say it is a picture of Christ (Psalm 8:22-31). When I read it...I think of Jesus.
Wisdom is defined here as...chokmah (khok-man)- wisdom in a good sense; skillful wisdom, wisely, wit from the word chukam (khaw-kam= to be wise (in mind, word, act), exceeding, teach wisdom.
When you COMPARE anything in this world that you desire...to WISDOM...there is NO COMPARISON. Silver, Gold, Jewels...are things that we consider to be valuable...but compared to WISDOM...compared to KNOWING JESUS...there is NO COMPARISON.
We use to sing a chorus...that we still do..."Lord...you are...more precious than silver...Lord...you are...more costly than gold...Lord you are...more beautiful than diamonds...and nothing I desire compares to you."
My pastor...Ronnie Meek...says..."It's not WHAT you know...it's WHO you know." Well...it is WISE to KNOW...Jesus...true wisdom. Not just KNOW about Him...but to KNOW Him.
Love and Knowing Kisses
Rodney "Desiring Wisdom" Boyd
"Take my instruction and not silver...and knowledge rather than choicest gold...for wisdom is better than jewels; and all desirable things cannot compare with her." (Pro-Verbs 8:10-11)
Psalm 8 is a picture of this thing called wisdom...personified...in the form of a female. Some say it is a picture of Christ (Psalm 8:22-31). When I read it...I think of Jesus.
Wisdom is defined here as...chokmah (khok-man)- wisdom in a good sense; skillful wisdom, wisely, wit from the word chukam (khaw-kam= to be wise (in mind, word, act), exceeding, teach wisdom.
When you COMPARE anything in this world that you desire...to WISDOM...there is NO COMPARISON. Silver, Gold, Jewels...are things that we consider to be valuable...but compared to WISDOM...compared to KNOWING JESUS...there is NO COMPARISON.
We use to sing a chorus...that we still do..."Lord...you are...more precious than silver...Lord...you are...more costly than gold...Lord you are...more beautiful than diamonds...and nothing I desire compares to you."
My pastor...Ronnie Meek...says..."It's not WHAT you know...it's WHO you know." Well...it is WISE to KNOW...Jesus...true wisdom. Not just KNOW about Him...but to KNOW Him.
Love and Knowing Kisses
Rodney "Desiring Wisdom" Boyd
Friday, June 3, 2011
PRO-VERBS 3:5-8 Healthy Flesh...Strong Bones
Greetings Human Beings...
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart...and lean not on your own understanding...in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct/make smooth or straight your baths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your FLESH...and strength to your BONES. (Pro-Verbs 3:5-8)
We are merely human beings...made up of flesh, blood and bones. In 1958 Elvis Presley made a movie...called King Creole. In the movie...he sang a song called TROUBLE. One line states..."I'm only made out...flesh, blood, and bones...so if you're gonna start a rumble...don't you try it all alone..." Well...we have a spirit (pneuma), soul (psyche), and body (soma) according to I Thessalonians 5:23.
We have a promise of health and strength to our flesh and bones...hinged on our TRUST FACTOR.
NOTE: In Pro-Verbs 4 we will look at God's Medicine Bottle.
1. TRUST in the Lord with all your heart
We are to be confident and sure in the Lord. This heart that we are to trust the Lord with...is the same heart that we are to love the Lord. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all your HEART, soul, mind, strength..." (Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27 ) This heart is more than just a blood pump...it is the core of who you are.
2. And LEAN NOT on your own understanding
Don't support yourself...prop your self up on understanding...because when you don't understand...what you are supporting, propping, and leaning on is not their...you will fall.
3. In all your ways ACKNOWLEDGE HIM
Wherever you go...is your way. Jesus said that He was THE way...THE truth...THE life...no one comes to the Father but by Him. (John 14:6) We give Him the "recognition" He deserves in wherever and whatever we do. It lets Him know that we know that we don't know.
4. And He shall DIRECT your paths
When you are going your WAY...and we don't know which way to go...He will DIRECT...point to the right way. When we are lost on twisted, rough, bumpy ways...he will direct, make smooth, make straight the way.
5. Do not be (1) wise in your own eyes (2) fear/reverence the Lord (3) depart from evil.
If you lean on His wisdom...fear, respect, show reverence to the Lord...you will DEPART from evil. If you lean on your wisdom...you will not have any respect for the Lord...and in your wisdom you will walk down the path to evil. The Lord desires to DIRECT your ways. If you thought your way was crooked and bumpy before...wait until you walk straight into evil.
6. It will be (1) health to your flesh (2) strength to your bones.
The cause and effect of doing verses 6-8 is beneficial to your physical being. It really is true that our physical health...can be affected by our spiritual health. When someone walks by SIGHT and by THINGS REVEALED TO THE SENSES...we will doubt, fear, worry, fret, etc... and that will affect our physical being.
Let's get HEALTHY and STRONG as we TRUST IN THE LORD!!!!
Love and Non-Leaning Kisses
Rodney "Acknowledging Him" Boyd
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart...and lean not on your own understanding...in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct/make smooth or straight your baths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your FLESH...and strength to your BONES. (Pro-Verbs 3:5-8)
We are merely human beings...made up of flesh, blood and bones. In 1958 Elvis Presley made a movie...called King Creole. In the movie...he sang a song called TROUBLE. One line states..."I'm only made out...flesh, blood, and bones...so if you're gonna start a rumble...don't you try it all alone..." Well...we have a spirit (pneuma), soul (psyche), and body (soma) according to I Thessalonians 5:23.
We have a promise of health and strength to our flesh and bones...hinged on our TRUST FACTOR.
NOTE: In Pro-Verbs 4 we will look at God's Medicine Bottle.
1. TRUST in the Lord with all your heart
We are to be confident and sure in the Lord. This heart that we are to trust the Lord with...is the same heart that we are to love the Lord. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all your HEART, soul, mind, strength..." (Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27 ) This heart is more than just a blood pump...it is the core of who you are.
2. And LEAN NOT on your own understanding
Don't support yourself...prop your self up on understanding...because when you don't understand...what you are supporting, propping, and leaning on is not their...you will fall.
3. In all your ways ACKNOWLEDGE HIM
Wherever you go...is your way. Jesus said that He was THE way...THE truth...THE life...no one comes to the Father but by Him. (John 14:6) We give Him the "recognition" He deserves in wherever and whatever we do. It lets Him know that we know that we don't know.
4. And He shall DIRECT your paths
When you are going your WAY...and we don't know which way to go...He will DIRECT...point to the right way. When we are lost on twisted, rough, bumpy ways...he will direct, make smooth, make straight the way.
5. Do not be (1) wise in your own eyes (2) fear/reverence the Lord (3) depart from evil.
If you lean on His wisdom...fear, respect, show reverence to the Lord...you will DEPART from evil. If you lean on your wisdom...you will not have any respect for the Lord...and in your wisdom you will walk down the path to evil. The Lord desires to DIRECT your ways. If you thought your way was crooked and bumpy before...wait until you walk straight into evil.
6. It will be (1) health to your flesh (2) strength to your bones.
The cause and effect of doing verses 6-8 is beneficial to your physical being. It really is true that our physical health...can be affected by our spiritual health. When someone walks by SIGHT and by THINGS REVEALED TO THE SENSES...we will doubt, fear, worry, fret, etc... and that will affect our physical being.
Let's get HEALTHY and STRONG as we TRUST IN THE LORD!!!!
Love and Non-Leaning Kisses
Rodney "Acknowledging Him" Boyd
Thursday, June 2, 2011
PRO-VERBS 2:1-6 From His Mouth...To Your Ear
Greetings O Ye Listeners...
"My son...IF you RECEIVE my words, and TREASURE my commands within you...so that you INCLINE your ear to wisdom...and APPLY your heart to understanding...Yes, IF you CRY OUT FOR DISCERNMENT...and LIFT UP your voice for understanding...IF you SEEK her as silver...and SEARCH for her as hidden treasures...THEN you will UNDERSTAND the fear of the Lord and FIND the knowledge of God...FOR the Lord GIVES wisdom...from His MOUTH comes knowledge and understanding." (Pro-Verbs 2:1-6)
I like this interactive...proactive way that WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, and UNDERSTANDING comes from the Lord to us. The old saying is..."From your mouth to God's ears." This speaks of blessings or something good said to somebody. The Pro-Verbist is speaking to his son...about how God's heartbeat is for the hearer to receive knowledge and understanding. The new saying...which is really not new..."From God's Mouth...To Your Ears." After all...FAITH comes by HEARING...and HEARING by the WORD OF GOD."
(Romans 10:17)
This wisdom, knowledge and understanding...comes from God's MOUTH. Oh if only this wisdom, knowledge and understanding would just fall upon us...and we would automatically absorb them into our being...BUT...God...for some reason...has factored US into this process.
Notice the action on OUR PART:
1. Receive
2. Treasure
3. Incline
4. Apply
5. Cry out
6. Lift up
7. Seek
8. Search
The word THEN...shows the cause and effect of doing the action words...(1) you will understand the fear of the Lord (2) you will find the knowledge of God.
"From His mouth...to Your Ear."
Love and Pro-Active Kisses
Rodney "Ready, Set, Go" Boyd
"My son...IF you RECEIVE my words, and TREASURE my commands within you...so that you INCLINE your ear to wisdom...and APPLY your heart to understanding...Yes, IF you CRY OUT FOR DISCERNMENT...and LIFT UP your voice for understanding...IF you SEEK her as silver...and SEARCH for her as hidden treasures...THEN you will UNDERSTAND the fear of the Lord and FIND the knowledge of God...FOR the Lord GIVES wisdom...from His MOUTH comes knowledge and understanding." (Pro-Verbs 2:1-6)
I like this interactive...proactive way that WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, and UNDERSTANDING comes from the Lord to us. The old saying is..."From your mouth to God's ears." This speaks of blessings or something good said to somebody. The Pro-Verbist is speaking to his son...about how God's heartbeat is for the hearer to receive knowledge and understanding. The new saying...which is really not new..."From God's Mouth...To Your Ears." After all...FAITH comes by HEARING...and HEARING by the WORD OF GOD."
(Romans 10:17)
This wisdom, knowledge and understanding...comes from God's MOUTH. Oh if only this wisdom, knowledge and understanding would just fall upon us...and we would automatically absorb them into our being...BUT...God...for some reason...has factored US into this process.
Notice the action on OUR PART:
1. Receive
2. Treasure
3. Incline
4. Apply
5. Cry out
6. Lift up
7. Seek
8. Search
The word THEN...shows the cause and effect of doing the action words...(1) you will understand the fear of the Lord (2) you will find the knowledge of God.
"From His mouth...to Your Ear."
Love and Pro-Active Kisses
Rodney "Ready, Set, Go" Boyd
Saturday, May 21, 2011
The Art Of Positive Action
Welcome to one and all...who are tired of all of the negative talk and the negative action in this world that we live in...on the third rock from the sun...aka planet Earth. We need some guidance towards some Positive Action. Well...that's what this blog is dedicated to...the Handbook on Positive Action...the book of Pro-Verbs.
Pro-Verbs...the 2oth book in the Old Testament...is the ultimate book on Positive-Action.
The word "proverbs" in the Hebrew is "mashal"...pronounced "maw-shawl"...which means superiority in mental action, usually of a metaphorical nature, hence a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb.
There is a saying that we refer to in the Ruminator Sunday School Class..."Unrestrained thoughts (what we think), produces unrestrained words (what we say), resulting in unrestrained actions (what we do). Depending on WHAT we are thinking...will determine our "superiority in mental action"...which will result in either PRO-ACTION...or NEGATIVE-ACTION.
The Book of Pro-Verbs has 31 chapters...and work nicely for daily readings...31 chapters for 31 days in a month. If you add 5 chapters of Psalms...you will have also read 150 Psalms in a month. When you combine Positive-Action with Praise...LOOK OUT!!!
The Book of Pro-Verbs was written primarily by the King of Israel...the son of David...Kind Solomon...a wise man. It was written in the form of a Father's advice to his son....warning his son, encouraging his son, and pointing his son to the Lord. As an earthly dad...I relate and appreciate this format. When Solomon was given the privilege of asking for whatever he wanted the Lord to give him...Solomon asked for a "discerning heart"...wisdom...and the Lord gave that to him.
"The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him... Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I WILL DO WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED. I will give you a WISE and DISCERNING HEART..so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be." (I Kings 3:10-12) This WISE and DISCERNING HEART is truly manifested in The Book Of Pro-Verbs. (Read I Kings 3:1-28 for full details of this interaction).
In Pro-Verbs 1:2-7...Solomon lays out to his son...and us...the BENEFITS of The Book Of
PRO-VERBS.
1. Attaining wisdom
2. Attaining discipline
3. Understanding words of insight
4. Acquiring a disciplined and prudent life
5. Doing what is right and just and fair
6. Giving prudence to the simple
7. Giving knowledge to the young
8. Giving discretion to the young
9. The wise can listen and add to their learning
10. The discerning can get guidance
11. Ability to understand proverbs, parables, sayings, and riddles of the wise.
WOW!!! Think how we could live...if we began to think...speak...and do with all of these things in our minds, mouth and actions.
Well...at the BEGINNING of PRO-VERBS...we find the BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge..." (Pro-Verbs 1:7)
We also see who will not accept this wisdom and discipline found in the beginning of knowledge...found in the fear of the Lord.
"...but fools despise wisdom and discipline."
The wise and fools will be spoken to as we read through the Book of Pro-Verbs...the question is...which one will you be?
So...we will begin to post thoughts and ruminations based on the daily reading of The Book Of Pro-Verbs each day. We will choose a thought or theme...and chew on them daily...leaving much more to munch on when the cycle of 31 days is completed...and we can start again, gleaning something new. I hope you will be challenged, encouraged, exhorted and lifted up... to LIVE A LIFE OF POSITIVE-ACTION.
Love and Positive-Action Kisses
Rodney "Lord I Wanna Be Wise" Boyd
Pro-Verbs...the 2oth book in the Old Testament...is the ultimate book on Positive-Action.
The word "proverbs" in the Hebrew is "mashal"...pronounced "maw-shawl"...which means superiority in mental action, usually of a metaphorical nature, hence a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb.
There is a saying that we refer to in the Ruminator Sunday School Class..."Unrestrained thoughts (what we think), produces unrestrained words (what we say), resulting in unrestrained actions (what we do). Depending on WHAT we are thinking...will determine our "superiority in mental action"...which will result in either PRO-ACTION...or NEGATIVE-ACTION.
The Book of Pro-Verbs has 31 chapters...and work nicely for daily readings...31 chapters for 31 days in a month. If you add 5 chapters of Psalms...you will have also read 150 Psalms in a month. When you combine Positive-Action with Praise...LOOK OUT!!!
The Book of Pro-Verbs was written primarily by the King of Israel...the son of David...Kind Solomon...a wise man. It was written in the form of a Father's advice to his son....warning his son, encouraging his son, and pointing his son to the Lord. As an earthly dad...I relate and appreciate this format. When Solomon was given the privilege of asking for whatever he wanted the Lord to give him...Solomon asked for a "discerning heart"...wisdom...and the Lord gave that to him.
"The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him... Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I WILL DO WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED. I will give you a WISE and DISCERNING HEART..so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be." (I Kings 3:10-12) This WISE and DISCERNING HEART is truly manifested in The Book Of Pro-Verbs. (Read I Kings 3:1-28 for full details of this interaction).
In Pro-Verbs 1:2-7...Solomon lays out to his son...and us...the BENEFITS of The Book Of
PRO-VERBS.
1. Attaining wisdom
2. Attaining discipline
3. Understanding words of insight
4. Acquiring a disciplined and prudent life
5. Doing what is right and just and fair
6. Giving prudence to the simple
7. Giving knowledge to the young
8. Giving discretion to the young
9. The wise can listen and add to their learning
10. The discerning can get guidance
11. Ability to understand proverbs, parables, sayings, and riddles of the wise.
WOW!!! Think how we could live...if we began to think...speak...and do with all of these things in our minds, mouth and actions.
Well...at the BEGINNING of PRO-VERBS...we find the BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge..." (Pro-Verbs 1:7)
We also see who will not accept this wisdom and discipline found in the beginning of knowledge...found in the fear of the Lord.
"...but fools despise wisdom and discipline."
The wise and fools will be spoken to as we read through the Book of Pro-Verbs...the question is...which one will you be?
So...we will begin to post thoughts and ruminations based on the daily reading of The Book Of Pro-Verbs each day. We will choose a thought or theme...and chew on them daily...leaving much more to munch on when the cycle of 31 days is completed...and we can start again, gleaning something new. I hope you will be challenged, encouraged, exhorted and lifted up... to LIVE A LIFE OF POSITIVE-ACTION.
Love and Positive-Action Kisses
Rodney "Lord I Wanna Be Wise" Boyd
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