| Daily Thought — April
11, 2008 |
|
| LIVING THE
SOLUTION WITH DAILY INSPIRATION |
Do not deceive
yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by
the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so
that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world
is foolishness in God's sight, as it is written: "He
catches the wise in their craftiness". (1 Corinthians
3:18-19 — NIV)
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.
(Romans 1:22 — NIV)
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not
on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge
him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs
3:5-6 — NIV)
"For who has known the mind of the Lord that he
may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
(1 Corinthians 2:16 — NIV)
We deceive ourselves when we think we
are wise in this age.
We have heard the saying that “knowledge is power”.
Well, that is only partially true. The wise application
of knowledge is power and true wisdom comes only from God.
Just because you know something or can do something does
make it right or wise to do it. It is this attitude, “knowledge
is power” and that it is up to science to decide
whether it is right or wrong to proceed, that has gotten
man in the messed up state he finds himself in today. It
is the height of intellectual arrogance to assume wisdom
without the revelation of God. We try and solve spiritual
problems, things caused by the attack of the enemy and
things brought on by our own choices, by trying to match
wits with the enemy. We forget that although we are a great
and glorious creation of God, were created a little lower
than the angels and that our enemy was once an angel. On
our own we cannot hope to prevail. It is only through the
power and authority of Christ, which has been given to
us by the grace of God the Father that we can resist the
enemy and have victory over him. The wisdom of this age
will never help us win our fight against our enemy. In
fact, it may aid in our defeat. Only when we trust the
Lord and depend on Him, learn His ways, seek Him and allow
Him to fill our hearts and minds with His wisdom will we
be victorious.
Live intentionally, purposely, free and with passion,
Pete Reinbold
|
| You
can see past Daily Thoughts - visit
the archive. |
 |
Scripture taken from the
Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.Copyright © 1973,
1978, 1984 International Bible Society. All rights
reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of
International Bible Society.
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® and NIV® are registered trademarks
of International Bible Society. Use of either trademark for the
offering of goods or services requires the prior written consent
of International Bible Society.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible,
New Living Translation, copyright ©1996. Used by permission
of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189, USA. All
rights reserved. |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
You'll also receive Practical
Biblical Solutions for life's challenges with our free
e-zine
|
| |
 |
|
