A Thought for the Day – 024
There are 890 verses of scripture in the Book of
Proverbs; if you study these words of wisdom, will you be wise? Will you have
understanding? Will you be a pillar of light to the world? Will you know that
God loves you? The answer to these questions and a thousand others like these
are… NO! The relationship of God and mankind, must first be PERSONAL; not
academic, Proverbs 18:10
Comments and challenges
The
other day a couple of us played over nine holes of golf with a young man who
hit his ball from the “pro” tee box while we hit from the “white” tees (that
just sounds better than) the hacker tee box. The pro tees were normally fifty
yards from the white tees and this young man normally hit his ball fifty yards
past our drives. This means that he clearly drove his ball over three hundred
yards consistently, and in the fairway too. He was a good golfer as well as he
birdied a few of the holes as we played.
Here
is the rub! We strive to be good at what we do; it is the nature of mankind to
be, as the Army slogan goes to; “be all that you can be”. This is not an exception
to the rule of life and here is the reason why. Genesis 1:27-28 – “So God
created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and
female He created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be
fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the
fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that
moves on the earth.””
These
are not hopeful whims of God. These are commands, commands that are not obeyed
today because all have sinned and have fallen short of the Glory (image) of God.
Romans 3:23 as mankind we now sport a different image. All children born to
Adam and Eve were born to them after their fall from the Glory of God’s image.
Genesis 5:3 – And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years (after the fall,
Genesis 5:1-2), and he begot a son in his own likeness, after his image and
named him Seth.
Now
this is important so don’t miss it: Cain and Abel were born to Adam and Eve
under the curse of God, God did not remove His command to subdue the earth, but
the curse added conflict to life in every degree, and the curse did not remove
man’s ability be good at what he does. Notice and you will have to read on your
own since this is a bit lengthy. The family of Cain was protected and respected
by God throughout their generation, which is still going on today.
Unbelieving
people are simply ignorant of the glory of God because they fall short of His
Glory, these folks live in sin and are not ignorant of the glory of their
earthly father; another long passage, Romans 5:12-21, please take a moment and
read it. God expects that His created world will produce, multiply and subdue
and like the golfer I mentioned earlier who had his wife along. He unknowingly
is fulfilling the command of Genesis 1:27-28. He is good at what he does, he is
married and his wife is pregnant. Isn’t that simple and I question you AMERICA;
“why are you fallen?” Because as a nation we have rejected to multiply, to
subdue and to have dominion; We live in a nation that has rejected God, the God
of Creation; Thee God of Genesis 1.
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