This evening as I did my devotion (it was a chaotic and bz day in the office today), Proverbs 27 speaks largely of what being a true friend entails; also how we should be humble to receive the rebuking out of love from a friend who has our best interest at heart. However, the start of the chapter was what grabbed my attention with Proverbs 27:2-4 NLT Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips. A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier. Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous. Pride, resentment, anger, wrath and jealousy... feelings that we are all subject to at one time or another; but the comparisons against such massiveness as stone and sand and floods shows just how serious and how heavy a sin God considers it. The heavier the sin, the more we grief Him.... as I pondered this, I asked myself just how much I loved God. If I love Him as much as I confess, than I should not grief Him by letting these negative emotions drown the love and grace of the Holy Spirit in my heart. Lord, show me to see as You see, feel as You feel; show me to love as You first loved me; let my heart beat resonate Yours; show me how to live a life that glorifies You and not grief You through a heart of pride, resentment, anger, wrath and jealousy. Fill my heart with Your presence and let me always remember Your first love; in Jesus name, Amen!
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:59:22 +0000
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