Thought for the Day – 138 – Circumspect!
Proverbs 23:1-3 – When
is the last time you blew through a circumspect light? “Say what?” “Say that
again so I can understand it will ya! Many dangerous intersections have
circumspect lights; we commonly call these lights “caution lights”. Just know
that the ruler (the one with the right away) goes first. Of course if you
disregard his right to go first you take your own life; as the matter of responding
“circumspectly” can get much more dangerous and deceptive.
Comments and challenges
Three out of four is
always a good score but when there are four out of four our comment these days
is to say that it is a “slam dunk”. Truthfully I do not like the term; I do not
think it has anything to do with my age as I do not like the term “breakfast
slam” either! At one of the more popular breakfast diner chains around town the
menu reads “slam this or that” I do wish these folks would change their menu!
Eggs over easy seems to be abused in some way when you add the word slam in the
description.
I was comparing the
gospels (I cheated a little) in the back of one of the Bibles I have there is
this chart that highlights the subjects of the gospels. For example the
beginning ministry of Jesus Christ began with His baptism and the ministry of
John the Baptizer (all four gospels record this event). Also in just looking
very briefly at the chart which dates the history of the gospel record from
B.C. 7 through A.D. 30. Again, if I had not had interest at looking at the
gospel of Mark some weeks back I might have never have thought to look this
chart over.
There is one other
even in the Life and Ministry of Christ that all four gospel writers have
something to say about and that is the Death and Resurrection of our LORD. We
are not there yet in the gospel of Mark but when we do I am sure we will take a
look at the most Blest event of the History of God meeting with man on a hill
just outside of Jerusalem and looking over this chart makes me want to jump in
as the thoughts of Calvary, the cross, the crowd and the crown all have purposeful
and personal meaning.
Personal meaning for
those of us who believe in Jesus; we see His suffering in the gospels the Light
of Victory. The writers do as well as all four gospel writers record the
suffering, the death and the resurrection of the LORD Jesus; and like them as
well as you and I, our emotions fly off the chart because Jesus Lives, He is risen!
And this is where the parable of the sower which is mentioned by three of the
four writers of the gospels takes root in the lives of the saints of God.
We have read, studied
and have been instructed thoroughly in this parable so I won’t do that, but I do
want to pick up on what Mark says as he agrees with the other two writers,
Matthew and Luke. Mark 4:9 – and He (Jesus) said to them, “He who has ears to
hear, let him hear!” Now physically we may be hearing impaired, many of us are,
but this should not have any effect on our spirit which is the control center
of our soul. Our physical being fails to understand God, but our soul knows God
and has the Spiritual ears to hear Him speak. (But of course… you must be Born
from above; 1 Peter 1:3-5).
When God the Holy
Spirit and our soul comes together we have the power to understand the sown
seed of the Living Word of God, that power is called in scripture “faith” or
peace with God and even abiding in Christ and His Word. When we fail to do this
we are not on the path but on the wayside, or we are traveling on the stony
ground of the wilderness where the sun scorches the seed and we are not productive
but hardened. We cannot produce the fruit of the Spirit of God since our ears
are not tuned in. Stay tuned… there is more to come.
P.S. Thanks for praying the wall is removed!
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