Love you all, praying for you,
I just love God’s Word. It is so practical, not theory, real life truth for real life situations in this day and in this generation. But it’s not a reading book, it’s an applying book. If you just read it and don’t do it, it doesn’t do you any good. You have to read and heed, hear and obey. And the best way to do that is to ask the Holy Spirit to help you read, and show you what to obey. Just the first thing. Don’t worry about everything, just do the first thing, and He’ll take it from there. You are one decision away from obedience. One decision away from God’s blessing, His favor, His anointing, His joy - overcoming! All of the Good that God has for you is waiting… for you to take the first step that He reveals. Proverbs 27:12 – “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.” You would think this statement, this warning is about a “bridge out ahead,” or a place your friends are going that you know you shouldn’t go… But it can be even closer than that… Some of the gravest dangers are the ones most people don’t see. One of the greatest dangers is to lose confidence, to lose faith, to let doubt get a toe hold, so it takes over. The simple keep going – they don’t reject it, they give thought-time to doubt, or fret, or fear. They don’t evict it with a vengeance, they let it linger. They keep going in it, giving time to it, putting words to it, which becomes their downfall. The first danger is doubt. The serpent didn’t come to kill Eve. He came to make her doubt – first, God’s Word (Did He really say that?) and then God’s Goodness (that’s because He knows if you eat that apple, you’ll just like Him). As if God, who is Good, who created all good, would keep any good from you. The first dangers that the simple keep going toward – are always thoughts, not bullets, the feelings of the heart, not floods, fires or earthquakes. The best way to see the first danger of thoughts – is to keep your thoughts on Him, by your words declaring His Word. Your Words direct your thoughts, they can change them, correct them, continue them, establish them. That’s one of the “above all else’s” in the Bible. Above all else, guard your heart, above all else – get wisdom. Both come from God’s Word – and His Word becomes your thoughts and your heart – if your mouth puts it there. If you make this your life-habit, His Word will become so strong in you – that anything less or different will be a clear danger sign to you. So the refuge you take, is to reject it, and repeat truth, establish right, double down on what He said, shutting out what anybody else says. If you can’t see the first danger, you’re less likely to see the second, and they get bigger as they go. Thoughts are first. Praying that you will guard them, that you will direct them with your Words, that PRISM will be the source and seed that you plant with your mouth. So you not only recognize and see danger, but you are constantly building up a defense against it. First danger is thoughts, then words – but if you soak in God’s Word – you reverse the danger and it adds to your strength. Praying that you eyes will always be on Him, so your thoughts don’t wander, and your feet don’t wander, so your hands never get dirty. Praying that you will know His plans for you for today – that PiVAT before dinner has you so busy in the blessing of His assignments, that you are heading the opposite direction of danger – and on His path to Good. Praying that every danger – will result in his deliverance, that every trap will end up in triumph, and every risk will bring you to his reward, because your mind is on Christ, your words are in faith, and your hands are doing what He told you to do for His glory and your good. Praying that His Word will direct your words, so your thought-time is His mind. So you will get good at seeing danger, and taking refuge in His Word, that your refuge will grow so the dangers diminish, so His deliverance is always your destiny. Love you all, dad
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