March 28, 2024 – Warning: This May Self-destruct

Warning: This May Self-destruct
March 28, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 8:1- 4
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    Some things are logical; they just make sense. Things such as putting your bare hand in fire will result in a burn, or stepping in front of a speeding car will lead to injury. As a song once said, there are things you just do not do, like taking the Lone Ranger’s mask off or tugging on Superman’s cape. The best one was, you don’t spit into the wind. I hope that needs no explanation.

    Yet today, we have warning signs on everything because, in today’s society, logic seems to have gone out the window. On a fast-food restaurant’s coffee cup, there are the words “Hot Coffee may be Hot.” Well, duh! Unless you ordered a Frappuccino, you would hope the coffee is hot. Have we gone crazy? On a curling iron, there is a warning that says, “For external use only.” On the side of a jar of peanuts, there’s a warning saying, “Warning: contains nuts!” What should be pure logic does not always seem to be so anymore. However, this is nothing new.

    In today’s verses, Solomon says that wisdom and knowledge are calling out for people to come and acquire them. They’re beckoning from the hilltop, the city gates, and along the paths of life. Everywhere the path of life intersects with reality, we should acknowledge the fact that we do not live forever and need to contemplate eternity. The truth of the gospel is proclaiming, “Jesus Saves,” because that simply makes good logical sense. It’s logical to believe that the creator of all life would love His creation and desire to save it. However, all too often, we’ve let logic go by the wayside and pursue our own desires. Maybe God should put a warning label on newborns, something like “WARNING: Without Jesus, This Creation Will Self Destruct.”

   
 

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    God has been proclaiming His wisdom to us through the ages by various means – through the church, His Word, His mercy toward sinful man, and His supplied grace. What is He saying? “I Love You…Come to Me… I will help you.” 

Doesn’t that sound logical to you?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays 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: MARCH 28, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    Judges 13 – Judges 17
   Proverbs 8:1 – 4

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Deuteronomy 28
   Luke 4:14-44