October 3 – Even Before

“Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.” – Psalm 139:4 (NASB)   

King David had superlative understanding of God’s awesome attention to our details. The first verses of Psalm 139 cover how intimately God attends to His own. More than a hint of knowing…God knows the details down to the smallest insignificant bit of our activity. Now, it is likely that many of us live without paying much heed to God’s involvement in our day-to-day. But when a crisis erupts, so do we with prayers begging for God’s attention. We respond as if before we pray, God is elsewhere attending to more important things. But God is Supreme and that means there is no limit to the attention he gives each of us. Here is today’s promise: God know every word that we will utter even before it forms in our brain, before our breath rushes past our voice box, before our tongue, teeth and lips can form the word. Before any thought takes shape to the point it can be cast into the appropriate word, God knows what it is going to be.  Even before…God knows every word so He knows every thought that passes through our head and comes out our mouth. Friends, this is God’s superlative knowledge.  

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August 15 – Using Wisdom Wisely

“Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, but in the hearts of fools it is made known.” – Proverbs 14:33 (NASB) 

“The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable, but the mouth of fools spouts folly. ” – Proverbs 15:2 (NASB)

The lessons we learn from Proverbs are found more than once. Today we look at two verses that teach us the same truth. Those with understanding hold on carefully to the wisdom they learn. Often does the wise man show the blessing of wisdom on the lips. Here we trace it to its home. It flows from the head, and rests in the heart. But there is another fountain always bubbling up. The fool’s multitude of words, selfish indulgence, uncontrolled passions, make manifest what is in the midst of him. In our second verse from Proverbs chapter 15, We see the he wise commands and has control of his tongue. The fool does not for his tongue commands him. Those without wisdom may have a mass of knowledge in their possession. But lacking the inner sense to know how to use it, its knowledge runs to waste. Wisdom is proved, not by the considerable possession of knowledge, but by its right application. Let’s be careful with what we say, making sure we say it with the help of God’s Spirit and with love and kindness. 

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July 13 – Being Surefooted

“The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.” Psalm 37:30-31 (NASB)

We have selected two verses today but we will focus on the promise in the second verse.  Let us remember how important it is or to pay attention at all times.  We pay attention to where we walk, what we say, and even what we think. God has given us instructions in our Bible that we will also do well to pay attention to.  Like the surefooted mountain goat who knows where and how to stand on the narrowest of ledges and not fall, God's instructions to us make us surefooted.  In order to know how God wants us to live we need to read the Bible and to listen as other read it for us.  But there is more, and we need to go beyond that.  We don't just read word in the Bible or listen to others preach it or read it, we take the words into our heart.  Through faith believing we make God's instructions and guidance a part of our whole process of thinking and speaking.  It affects how we live and walk.  It promises to protect us from slipping.  A slip-up can do great damage so to avoid that we fill our hearts with the desires God has given to us.   

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September 27- Each and Every Day

“The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.”  Isaiah 50:4 (ESV)

The Word from the Bible which we have today is a testimony of the prophet Isaiah.  We do know that God did give this prophet many messages to deliver to His people of that day.  And, we believe that God spoke to Isaiah about personal matters as well.  We are taking this verse today and applying the promise to ourselves.  An experience like this would not be only for special people like Isaiah but for all who know God.  We all can be used by God to give words of encouragement to those who are weary.  We also believe that God gives us messages when we awaken in the morning.  He has so much to teach us in our Christian lives and He want to teach us every day.  He knows first what each one of us needs to learn each day.  So, let's turn our ears and our hearts to Him and be willing to be taught by Him each and every day. 

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June 9

“The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary.”  Isaiah 50 4a (NIV)

We remember that in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus gave a special invitation to those who are weary, to come to Him. This invitation fits in with a prediction which Isaiah wrote. Isaiah is predicting the ministry of the Messiah, the One whom we call Jesus Christ.  It is as if in this verse our Lord Jesus is reminding us that part of His ministry is to encourage those who are weary. What is it that makes one weary? It could be weariness from trying to live right in our own strength. It does not work. Jesus invites us to trust Him. He will remind us that He died on the cross to set us free. And He will by His word encourage us to keep trusting, not exerting our own effort but relaxing in what He has done.