FRIDAY, October 24th, 2008

Hey everyone! Katie and I had a great time last night! It wasvery exciting to be there!


Proverb 24

1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Once again, this passage is full of much great stuff! I will quickly go through it and point out my favorite verses and how they spoke to me personally!

Verse 1: Dont be jealous of Evil men... sometimes it may seem like some ungodly man has it all. Maybe he has the nicest cars the coolest house, maybe even an iphone :) but the truth is I have much more because of my relationshi with Christ. There is no reason that Ishould envy that person. Instead I should have pity on them, because if they do not receive Christ then they will be worse off than I for all eternity.

Verse 6: In the multitude of counselors there is safety. I am so thankful for this truth. When I am faced with something that I am not wise enough of knowledgeable enough to have an answer... the Bible says, if I get a lot of wise people to share their advice then my decision will be a safe one. I have had to do that recently with a certain situation. I did not know what I should do, so I sought the advice of many men that I respect greatly.

Finally, my favorite verse in this chapter is verse 16: This verse does not tell us that a heathen falls seven times, it does not say that a lost person falls seven times, not even that a Christian falls seven times... Nope, it says A JUST MAN FALLS SEVEN TIMES... but what makes a just man? not the fact that he falls but the fact that he RISETH UP AGAIN.

We are all going to make mistakes... but the difference between a carnal person and a just person is what they do after they fall... I can think of many people even right now who have fallen and not gotten back up. They stray away from church. They get involved with sin and then they dont get back up... I know when I fail and fall into sin, I want to be just. I want to be the one that comes running back to God begging for forgiveness!! I want to continue to rise from my fall over and over again!