PROVERBS 11:31
        Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

We see that this verse starts with behold, this means that we need to pay attention. This is why I chose this verse. The righteous is us or Christians who are sold out to JESUS!! The word recompensed means chastening or punishment. Here is another verse that tears up all that feel good preaching . See GOD will sometimes take a rod to our backside for sin that we have done. It is not that we are not saved but by being saved we have become his children and when we get out of line GOD will chasten us because he loves us. The LORD will not indulge HIS children when they are in sin, parents will indulge their children, we even look over their sin when we should reprove them and sometimes they need a rod across their backside. When my son was 5 and older the doctor told us he had ADD and wanted to put him on Riddling I told them no way I never beat the boy but he does not have ADD today. Now he is 16 and thinks he knows it all, might have to use that rod again hope not. Bottom line is that the LORD will chasten us when needed and the verse says here on earth, so the prosperity preachers missed this verse or something. We see it throughout the Bible look at Moses, David, Eli, Peter, and many more he does it so we are not condemned and HE loves us.

        2Sam 7:14-15 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

If we would judge ourselves then we would not be judged, sometimes we just are proud and puffed up so The LORD will break out the rod again and have us humble ourselves to HIM, would it not be better to just judge ourselves.

        1Cor 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
        1Cor 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
        1Cor 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

If GOD will chasten us and we are his children and HE loves us HOW MUCH MORE will he punish the wicked and sinners.

            1Peter 4:17-18 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

It is good to be SAVED hopefully others will surrender to JESUS before that judgment!!  Pray for the lost world that they would seek GOD and come to know JESUS.

 

  PROVERBS 10:28
        The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Today’s verse stands out to me from when I studied the book of Job, the most cool thing about the book of Job is that they had no Bible and they understood better than we do. The first part of the verse tells us even though we fail we can still have hope. Sometimes it is necessary for us to fail so we can get wisdom from our failure.

        Psa 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

The second part of the verse is telling us the wicked have no hope, it looks like the wicked are always getting ahead or do better than we do but let’s look at the verse in;

        Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
         JOB 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

Thank GOD our hope is in HIM, their hope will be cut off.There is coming a day when all the wicked will see and remember GOD, or what a Christian has told them and it will be too late. How terrible it must be to have no hope to wake up in front of The Lord and realize that they were wrong and that all their expectations of what death would be was a lie because they wanted to be their own god and trust in their money or who they thought they were.

         Psa 112:10  The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

 

         Prov 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

The next verse tells us what happens when we refuse to have the knowledge of GOD. When I read this verse I cannot help but think of the prayer JESUS prayed on the cross;

        Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

It is also a picture of the religion that deceives so many people, the crazy thing is if we would just read and study, it might not be so deceiving.

       2 Peter 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

Keep praying for the LORD to help us all put our will down and pick his will up and we can all get transformed, good friend of mine said JESUS is the original transformer not what hollywood made, but JESUS ALONE!!!

 

 

 PROVERBS 9:17-18
       Prov 9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Today’s verses I chose because I did not know what they meant so I hade to find out. This why I love the KJV no disrespect to anyone but I would have never found this in that niv I had when I was saved. Any way my KJV and the Holy Spirit showed me what it means, no surprise it goes right back to our first parents:
        Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Notice she TOOK OF THE FRUIT, look back at our verse and it says STOLEN so our parents stole the fruit from the tree then DID EAT then they hid.  Not much has changed since then steal and hide for the fear of getting caught. I was the same way i would steal from my mom and my step dads cigarettes and run and hide to smoke them, when i finally got caught it was not fun no more, crazy how we do things that are not right, just for the rush. The same thing happens in marriages spouses cheat on each other and think that it is fun at the time then get caught and it is not so fun or catch something and end up dead or messed up for life. All because it was fun.

        Prov 20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

I love the way the LORD puts it, that bread is sweet and then it becomes a gravel sandwich, not so good any more.

PROVERBS 8:22-31
        22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
        23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
        24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
        25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
        26  While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
        27  When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
        28  When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
        29  When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
       30  Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
       31  Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Verses like these are why I am sold out to JESUS, I truly do not understand how people read these verses and still not surrender to HIM. Then to top it of JESUS says HIS delight is with the sons of men, JESUS delight is in us how amazing is that!  Sorry there is nothing more to say the Word says it all PRAISE GOD!!!

 

  PROVERBS 7:4-5
         Prov 7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

These verses stand out to me, Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; this means that wisdom you should dearly love like Solomon did. This is what he prayed for and GOD gave it to him the smartest man on the planet outside of JESUS. We should delight in it, no different than our sister we should love them and delight in them, it’s a gift from GOD. and call understanding thy kinswoman, this means that understanding is our friend and we take pleasure in GODs word, we should consult with it.
JESUS says in:

          Mat 12:50  For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

If we follow these instructions then when the false prophets or wolfs show up we will see through those sheep suits and see the wolf inside and know that all they want is to lead us astray.

          Prov 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

The strange women is the false church they always use those feel good words to lure you in make you think that all ways lead to heaven or they have idol worship they can even have you worshipping yourself before you know it. Hey after all that’s the American way got to have good self esteem.

         Eccl 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

It is another one of those old tricks that goes back to Genesis with Able and Cain, Able is the bible believing Christian and Cain is the religious thinking that he can work his way to heaven. All we got to do is believe in JESUS with our whole heart no works no add on nothing but JESUS. GLORY TO GOD, thank you LORD.

 

 

 

PROVERBS 6:6
         Prov 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

The LORD said to study the ant so I did and found this article by Tom Hennigan and found that the ant was a picture of JESUS

The Great Communicator

In Scripture Jesus is called the Word (Lógos), which literally means “a thing to be said.” It emphasizes His standing as God’s supreme and definitive Voice in the universe. He is the communicator of the mind of God through the words of Scripture. He also created the universe and upholds it “by the word of His power” to ensure that His attributes are clearly seen in nature
(see John 1:1; Hebrews 1:3; and Romans 1:20).
So it should not surprise us to find highly complex societies of ants who communicate and cooperate to accomplish amazing tasks.

As a result of their cooperation and hard work, ants are more successful than almost any other creature in settling the earth. They may account for one-fifth of the total mass of all land animals. It is to the ants that God directs our attention: “Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest” (Proverbs 6:6–8).

The article talks about how ants communicate one to another and help each other and work together on gathering food or if one gets lost how they will find each other and rescue each other. It seemed like The LORD was showing me a picture of the body of CHRIST and how we should talk to one another and help each other like ants do so that the whole body works together. Here is the link if anyone would like to read the whole article it is pretty cool and there is wisdom in it. http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v5/n2/ants

PROVERBS 5:13-14
          13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Can you hear The Lord, oh how I love HIM!!  GOD gives us Pastors, teachers for a reason, we are to OBEY them and EXTEND our ears to them for instruction and reproof and growth.

          Jer 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
          Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

See how pastors and teachers are in the verse that means they do both jobs they are together not separate the same job.

          Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

If we would only submit our self to the edifying from the Pastors and teachers we might be able to be perfect like the verse states. This is GODs will for our life but we walk around like we do not need a teacher or Pastor. We get out of Church and 30 minutes later we are doing exactly what the Pastor said not to be doing, the problem with that is we not only disobey the Pastor but we are disobeying The LORD too!

          1 Thes 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

We all need to wake up and incline our ears to the word, The Lord and to The Pastors and teachers because what happens when we don’t is this,

           Prov 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Sad to say but some people never make it back from this. This is why I love The LORD so much He tells us everything from beginning to the end and all the consequences of all our actions, the only thing we will be able to say at the judgment seat is we did not love HIM. JESUS tells us all this, there are no excuses, just rejection!

             Jud 1:7-13 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Please understand that I have found myself in these shoes and it’s scary Glory to GOD for waking me up. We all do it and some don’t come back I just care about all of you and praying that we would all wake up and see it really and truly is all about JESUS, we all say that but do we really get it?

 

PROVERBS 4:26
             Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

The first part of this verse tells us to weigh what we do on a scale and see if it measures up to what the word of GOD says. Sometimes we should slow down and look at the way we live and what we are doing and see if it lines up with the Bible like it says in these verses:

       Hag 1:5  Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
       Eph 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

 The word circumspectly  means accurately, so HE  wants us to walk and live according to HIS ways.
 A brother in JESUS had taken the time to teach  me that the Bible is the plumb line in our life and that is how to know if the path of our feet are in the right direction or not. The second half of this verse He tells us let all thy ways be established, that means to be firm or stable or steadfast or to be set. This tells me that we should be firm in what we believe, that we should be stable in our life with the word, and HIS ways for our life.

       2Thes 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
 When we get established JESUS will keep us from evil and  strengthen us.
       1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

 This verse tears all that feel good teaching up Peter tells us we will suffer a while, but the suffering makes us perfect and strong and established. I will take all the suffering and trouble in this life, the way I see it I probably only have 40 plus years left here in this life and that is nothing compared to eternity!!!

  PROVERBS 3:5
          Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

This is a verse that I find very hard to do!  I struggle with this, always try to figure it out like I am some kind of genius and what I should do is TRUST GOD! I find it hard because I was raised that it was my job to do it on my own and not supposed to ask for help, my dad always told me where there is a will there is a way and cant never could. Then JESUS found me and I learned that my will was the problem and that if I would surrender to HIM that HE could help me and do HIS will not my will.  I look back and see that all I was doing was the same thing our first parents did I was trying to be my own god. So when problems come I try to fix them and the HOLY SPIRIT reminds me of:

          EPH 1:12-13 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

If anyone else struggles with this just pray for GOD to fill you with HIS SPIRIT and to strengthen your inner man! That is what helps me not to lean on my own understanding and to trust the LORD!!!