The Devotional - A Look at the Book #884

by Jesse Abel

Thoughts from Papa “J”

 

Over seventy times the word fool or the concept of being foolish is found in the book of Proverbs. In chapters 17 and 26 the main topic is the fool. If we study just that word within the context of Proverbs we would learn a lot about the Wisdom of God and the foolishness of mankind.

 

Good Morning

2 Corinthians 5:1-8 – Chapter five is one of my favorite as it describe assurance to God’s children of the resurrection. Also this chapter reminds me of Hebrews 11:1-3. Daily we are reminded that this earth bound body of ours is full of decay… well most of us are since there is the fool who readily believes that there is no God. Psalm 14:1-7.

We who believe in Jesus Christ who is the Resurrection and the Life believe the promises that He made to us. For example the promise that He is preparing a new habitation for our soul, one that will not rot like this earthly sin riddled earthbound body we now live in. this promise is found in John 14:1-6

I also know that as a believer in Jesus Christ that I groan daily to be clothed in that new dwelling. The truth is that I am old as most of you know, but it is not the age of me or the limited things that confront me, nor is it the pain of old age. (I can deal with that) I groan because I am sinful, I see sinful people and often collaborate with sinful people; this reminds me of a nursery rhyme.

 

There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse.
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

Maybe this little poem has little to do with confidence and assurance, but it does point out my view on all of humanity including myself. But whatever the point I seek to make is that there is a future hope for all believers in Jesus Christ and this hope is not based on any crooked effort of the human flesh that your soul is “trapped in” at the moment.

Confidence and assurance is holding to the promise that God has a day in the future when His children will receive a new wardrobe for their soul and the evidence of this promise is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and revealed to us through the Holy Spirit.