A Look at the Book #397

A Look at the Book #397

by Jesse Abel

Daily Devotional – A Look at the Book #397



A Though for today by Papa “J”

You have heard it said; Do it right or do not do it at all! The statement does not stump the fifth grader. Just those in schools of higher learning!!! Colossians 3:23

MORE THOUGHTS

There is a mountain of information available on the internet. We tend to believe that every stone (web site) when rolled over will uncover a vast source of wisdom and knowledge. The mountain is full of venomous snakes and other poisonous creatures of self-indulgence and evil. You know them and most likely you have visited them in the past or even currently. My thoughts and prayer to our God is that if you are currently involved with some demonic reptile of perversion that God would in His Character of Justice and Righteousness lead you from these and deal with you in grace. However, this is not the entire message. There are other sources of information on the internet; Conservative news sources, Para church organizations and political movements, all having encouraging stones to roll over (web sites). All of these good sources of information seek to do what is best for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But I caution us to maintain a vigil on the Living Word of God and keep the evil and the good works of man out of the norms and standards of turning our national conduct back to God. God does not need anything from us to fulfill His Plan for nations of any material value. All He needs is your soul and He will take care of the rest. The soul is the most valuable asset you have, you should guard it will all diligence. Philippians 4:6-7 and Psalm 142:1-7

Lamentations 1

Lamentations 1:16 – Solomon, the Preacher of Ecclesiastes was not a self made man. God gave him wisdom and understanding, wealth and prosperity. Read 1 Kings 3:1-15 for the background. Many preachers, if not all have requested the very same spiritual and natural resources from God. After receiving these gifts, many like Solomon over the course of living in time have fallen. The fall of a nation, begins in the pulpits of the nation. The preacher steps away from the grace of God and into a conservative approach to the Word of God, then to a system of “dos and don’ts” and lastly to liberalism and the nation follows.



Lamentations 1:17 – Solomon followed his heart and this led him to the pleasures of the heart. He lost His joy of the soul. He learned madness and folly and he saw that these avenues of life were empty. But once caught in the tidal wave the under current is next to drag you further away from your source of Joy. As a leader of a nation his motivations of pleasure led the nation away from God. Does any of this sound familiar to us? It should not shock anyone, but our religious and national leadership need to be supported by prayer. Malachi, the entire book, read it!



Lamentations 1:18 – Solomon continues his lament over wisdom and understanding. He simply says that if you depart from the Wisdom of God and seek the wisdom of the world you will find much grief and sorrow of heart. As a nation we are right in the middle of sorrow of heart, the so called drug remedies will prove this if you don’t commit suicide before you finish the bottle of pills. After dosing you still have sorrow of heart, the root cause is that we have fallen as an individual and nation from the grace of God. Galatians 5:4