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Monday, June 20, 2011

Who is Wiser?

Last week we asked if your 'god' was bigger than you?  This week we will follow suit with another question ... is your God wiser than you, your friends, your news sources or the ads you see on TV?
On the surface you would, of course, answer YES!  But how do you answer the question in how you live your life?  I will be speaking, today, to a world that has become obsessed with all the wrong things.  I will be pleading with people who think their political perspective has the right answers.  I will be reasoning with folks who think God is on their side.
Solomon, and his writings from Proverbs, are part of the Bible called "wisdom literature."  It is God's Spirit-breathed advice for all people that will benefit them each and every day.  I have marveled when science or modern psychology arrives at a 'truth' that they have discovered from years of research and case-studies.  I usually can recall that truth from God's Word in Proverbs.  I can assure you that God is smarter and wiser than me!
One reason I believe this issue is a problem of great magnitude is that watching any 30-minute segment of news or other TV will yield the following ... explicit sexual references, Betty White being 'cute' by making a suggestive sexual remark, a commercial or news report about how one of our political parties is following the 'true' American way, demeaning of adults by children, young people being portrayed as mindless party animals, and the newest/best/necessary device that will change your life.  I could go on.  Proverbs, on the other hand, provides guidance that, if applied, will truly change your life for the better.  You will prosper, life a fuller life, have self-respect, have integrity/dignity, be more content and have perspective on where you have been and where you are going.  You must decide whether you want this life for yourself and for your children.  You must choose whether you will happen to life or whether life will happen to you.  You must evaluate whether your 'god' is really God and whether He is wiser than you.  Choices, choices ... which way will you go?
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