The Devotional - 1005 - Doers of the Wisdom of God

The Devotional – 1005 – Doers of the Wisdom of God

There are passages in the Holy Word of God that from a base reading are alarming. Sometimes so alarming that it will bend the unbeliever in the wrong direction! Such is the one we will look at this morning. Matthew 7:13-14 – “Enter by the narrow gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it”. The context of the words of Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God around these two sentences of Matthew 7 clearly explain the message of the “Narrow Way” and a worthy study for anyone who will take the time to look into the perfect law of liberty and compare James 1:21-27 with the Matthew passage.

Comments and Challenges:

Our lives are full of people who claim to be “doers and hearers” for example; I know you have heard these words fall from the lips of people you know and love. You say to one; “Homer… did you know? And Homer’s immediate response even before you fully express your question is; “Oh yea, partner… been there done that” Yep! I do that all the time!

Then on the other hand you say to someone; “This is the way we wash our clothes, wash our clothes, wash our cloths, this is the WAY”… and they turn from you and say “I hear ya” as they walk away and yet the following morning or later in the day the soil and stench of life is still surrounding them like flies on the buttermilk, two by two. If you think that this is funny or non-biblical… take a quick look at Ecclesiastes 10:1.

You see everything people do is the result of the platform of WISDOM they operate from – Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies, putrefy the perfumer’s ointment, and cause it to give off a foul odor; so does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor. James uses the poor and the rich as a tool to help you and me understand the narrow and wide gates that separate faith and works. Simply, works are full of the selfish ambitions of the “been there done that, and “I hear ya, wide gate crowd!” routine. While pure and undefiled faith is a willing heart to submit to the Law, or Wisdom of God – James 1:9-27.

God loves you and me, not because of ANYTHING that you are I have done to gain His Love. He loves us plainly because (now don’t miss it!) “GOD IS LOVE” 1 John 4:7-11 so the foundation of the Wisdom of God is based on the Truth that God’s love overrides the wisdom of the world’s system of wisdom which is based on human EFFORT and hate. Now there are many passages of scripture to prove this point, so my challenge to you is to grab hold of your Holy Bible and a concordance and search out the matter.

Have a pleasant and godly weekend and express the love of God everywhere you go.