Today’s Reading: Proverbs 7; Proverbs 8; Proverbs 9; Romans 9
Scripture: Proverbs 8:36 But whoever fails to find me harms himself;
all who hate me love death."
Observation: What struck me as I read this is the fact that so many people today that anti-God fit the description given above. They harm themselves through a variety of means (drugs, alcohol, dangerous pastimes, etc.), mutilating their own bodies (piercings, tattoos, etc.), and they have a fixation with death (skulls, gothic items, Halloween, etc.). So many of these people aren't just unbelievers, they are against-believers. They despise God and those who represent him. These God haters go out of their way to express their desire to be free of God and in the process do themselves harm and embrace death.
Application: Stay sweet and be conscious that those of us who name the name of Jesus will be reviled by many. It is my duty to come in an opposite spirit, even loving my enemies. Perhaps some of these people can be won over by a gentle answer that turns away wrath.
Prayer: Lord, help your church to be living in such a way that you are glorified. Forgive us for all the ways in which we have represented you poorly -- with our divisions, our failures, and the like. May each of your people take the responsibility to declare you well to the world.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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