The Devotional
– 1009 – The Peace of the Wisdom of God
Do you seek to monitor what
your heart contemplates during the day? Yes, I know that you are busy… all of
us are, even retired folks like myself; I am very busy being retired… not-a-pun
intended! All along we have been looking at the “two” platforms wisdom in the
world. One of these wisdoms has flourished from eternity and will continue
throughout eternity, Proverbs 8:1-36. The other platform of wisdom had a beginning
and will have an end, Genesis 3:1-15 and note that those who refuse to know the
Truth, will perish like Satan; Proverbs 8:36. But what about those of us who
know the Truth, but allow our mind to live in the bondage of double-mindedness?
Yes the first thing we should notice is the “peace of God” is missing in our
daily walk.
Comments
and Challenges:
James
3:13-18
The
apostle Paul exhorts in Galatians 6:1-5 that we ought to bear the burdens of
our self and others. Burdens may not necessarily be a sin, but the apostle uses
the word “trespass” to show that burdens can and do lead to overstepping the
will of God and sin develops when a burden is left unattended by godly wisdom.
You and I know all too well that when we are under the burden of any
circumstance of life the prayer to seek the wisdom of God is not what we most
often think to do, but if allowed others can pray and this helps.
Peaceable
solutions do not come from the earthly and sensual (emotional) wisdom of the
world, the apostle James explains plainly that this wisdom is demonic. The wisdom
of the world around us is (and you know this) is full of envy, even in the
burden of another, envy can be present. Also the opportunity for self-seeking
advantages exist, now don’t allow yourself to be naïve about this; you know
when the hair on the back of your neck begins to rise that someone is standing
in the shadow and ready to step into your shoes when you fail, evil is always
present.
The peace
of God will always guard our soul and our mind in Christ Jesus the LORD when we
are interceding and bearing the burdens of our self and others in “Prayer”! Otherwise
when we are not, we will use the earthly and sensual anxiousness of the world’s
wisdom. In “everything” by prayer and supplication (a humble request) and with
thanksgiving, let God know from a pure soul that we are seeking His Wisdom to
deal with the burdens of living eternally in a temporal world, Philippians
4:4-7.
This is
the true work of faith that James is explaining in his epistle; the work is
completed in the Wisdom from above yielding good fruits that are full of mercy,
without partiality and without hypocrisy. Also this work is sown in peace… Are
you then a “peace-maker” or a “peace-taker”?
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