Part 1
I was watching the news this morning. How depressing, so I switched to Facebook. Not much better. If you are like me you don’t need negativity in your life, you want something positive to cling to. I choose to not find my joy in the news of today but in the wisdom of God. Proverbs 16 really spoke to me today because of a few verses that really caught my eye.
Proverbs 16:1-4
The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,
But the Lord weighs the motives.
3 Commit your works to the Lord
And your plans will be established.
4 The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked for the day of evil.
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,
But the Lord weighs the motives.
3 Commit your works to the Lord
And your plans will be established.
4 The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked for the day of evil.
What really spoke to me about these verses is
1. In verse 1 it says “the plans of the heart belong to man but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD” What this tells me is human responsibility is always subject to God’s absolute sovereignty
2. Verse 2-While man can be self deceived God determines his true motives.
3. Verse 3-In the sense of both total trust and submission to the will of God, He will fulfill a person’s righteous plans.
4. Verse 4-The wicked will bring glory to God in the day of their judgment and punishment.
Do you see a pattern here? The pattern is that you have a responsibility to find the right path and walk in it. God will direct you to it. If you choose to ignore it you will be corrected.
33 The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the Lord.
But its every decision is from the Lord.
Are you making a choice? Don’t let someone make it for you. Rally right!
God bless!
I am praying for you.
Pastor Andy Cisneros
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