August 13, 2025 – Just Look At You

Just Look At You

August 13, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     As you have probably noticed over this year, I often refer to my parents and the things they have said to me while growing up. I guess I looked up to them even more than I realized. Their words of wisdom continually come back and are a constant reminder of what life is all about.

 

     One of the things my dad said when I was younger was, “You are who you hang out with.” At the time, I did not believe it. I thought, “No way, I am my own person. I am who I am, and they are different.” However, as I grew older and began to look around, I saw he was right. If you want to see the kind of person you are, just look at the people with whom you choose to associate. I am not talking about those people you are forced to go to school with or work with. I am referring to the times when it is your choice, who do you choose to spend most of your time with? Dear reader, let me just tell you that who they are is a good indicator of who you are as well.

 

     I often wondered where my Christian parents came up with all their wisdom. Now I can see that most of their wisdom must have come from God’s Word. Proverbs 13:20 says pretty much the same thing my dad said. If you walk with wise people, they will make you wiser. Being around wise people will cause you to think and learn. On the other hand, hanging out with a group of people who have no desire to be better at anything, who make foolish decisions, and who disregard God and His Word, will make you just like them. So, as you look around at the friends you choose to be around, ask yourself, “Just who am I?”

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     Ok, so what if your inspection shines a light on the fact that you may not have the best friends, now what? Well, you have two choices. First, if you want to better yourself, find and make new, encouraging friends. Secondly, help your old friends become wiser. Talk with them about the Bible and God. If they do not want to become wiser, you will not have to leave them. I promise! You will see that these so-called friends will eventually leave you.

 

Who is it that your friends are helping you become?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  August 13, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
Hosea 11-14 / Psalm 39
Proverbs 13 / Luke 5

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Psa. 48-51  /  Rom. 6