Humble…Pray…Seek….Turn. Day 2.
I invite you to join me for 30 days of prayer for the church of Jesus Christ.
Want to know more? Go here.
Today let’s ask God to search our hearts and point out any sin that prevents us from being the church that Jesus intended. Pride? Idolatry? Jealousy? Territorality?(not sure that is a word) Hypocriticalness? Condescension? What is preventing God from moving among us?
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I invite you to join me for 30 days of prayer for the church of Jesus Christ.
Want to know more? Go here.
Today let’s ask God to search our hearts and point out any sin that prevents us from being the church that Jesus intended. Pride? Idolatry? Jealousy? Territorality?(not sure that is a word) Hypocriticalness? Condescension? What is preventing God from moving among us?
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Got a weak stomach? Today’s Get Wisdom proverb may be a bit nauseating, but hang in there because I think there is a load of wisdom in this one. Check out Proverbs 26:11.
As a dog returns to his own vomit,so a fool repeats his folly. (NIV)A fool who repeats his foolishness is like a dogthat goes back to what it has thrown up. (NCV)A fool doing some stupid thing a second timeis like a dog going back to its vomit. (GNT)
Ok, I know. T.M.I!! Too much information! But these are not my words. They are the inspired Word of God and so we have to consider them. Actually, I can very much identify with this proverb because it has my name written all over it.
If you have been around dogs and cats very much you know that they tend to eat their own vomit. I have NO IDEA why they do this. Yes, it is crazy and ridiculous to a human but for some reason they think it is a pretty good idea.
Enter you and me. More times than I can count, I have done something foolish (apparently thinking it was a good idea at some moment of time), asked God to forgive me, and then dang it, turn right around and do it again.
I know it is a foolish thing, but I just keep doing it.
Telling a lie is a classic example of this proverb. When you or I lie about something, we generally find that we must tell another lie to cover the first one. Then, we must tell yet a third lie to cover lies number one and two and so it goes. It is all foolishness and stupidity and it gets us into major trouble, but we keep on doing it.
I found this to be a proverb with great truth in the area of sexual sin. In my twenties after my divorce, to my great shame, I engaged in no small amount of sexual sin. I knew it was wrong and there would be consequences for the behavior, yet I did not stop at one sinful sexual encounter. I went back for more and more. It made just about as much sense as a dog returning to its vomit, yet I did it over and over.
Foolish behavior with mammoth consequences.
This proverb tells us that only a fool repeats stupid behavior. I have been a fool, but by the grace of God I will not be a fool again. This proverb is one where I want us to make application to our lives the first time and not have to couple application with hideous regret. Let’s just cease that foolish behavior. NOW!!
MEDITATION MOMENT: Is there an area of your life where you are repeatedly doing something foolish? It may be something big like sexual sin. It might be something that seems small like telling lies or gossip or wearing clothes that are not modest in order to gain the attention of the opposite sex. Confess it to God and ask Him to help you not be a dog that goes back to its vomit.
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