Thursday 13 June 2024

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Scripture

Proverbs 7
English Standard Version
Warning Against the Adulteress
1 My son, keep my words    and treasure up my commandments with you;
2 keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
3 bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend,
5 to keep you from the forbidden[a] woman,    from the adulteress[b] with her smooth words.
6 For at the window of my house    I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen among the simple,    I have perceived among the youths,    a young man lacking sense, 8 passing along the street near her corner,    taking the road to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,    at the time of night and darkness.

10 And behold, the woman meets him,    dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.[c] 
24 And now, O sons, listen to me,    and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;    do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,    and all her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,    going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 21

English Standard Version
1 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp[a] of the wicked, are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.[b]
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

28 A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.
29 A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright gives thought to[d] his ways.
30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.

John 20:14-18

English Standard Version

14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,[a] “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Observation

In Proverbs 7, I have observed how GOD wants HIS children to keep HIS WORDS and Commands like a delight, to value these Commands as wisdom like treasure of gold and diamonds because it is highly valuable and will give life to those who seek it, value it, and desire Wisdom. HE also describes wisdom as a woman, to make her your sister and intimate friend for yet there is another woman who will bring any man down, it is the woman who will feed your sexual lust and bring your life to a swift end. In the book of John, JESUS who died and was resurrected first reveals HIS glorious self to a woman named Mary because she was the one who desperately sought HIM and the very first to arrive at the Tomb very early after the Sabbath Day. And it was her who first got hold of JESUS first instructions to HIS followers not to Cling to HIM yet because HE has not yet ascended but HE will be ascending to the FATHER. Instructions or commands from GOD are so important, and usually we get this from a revelation and revelations can only be received when we are seeking the GOD of Wisdom. Because of this Encounter with JESUS who gave her further Instructions, the disciples of JESUS were given hope, so much hope because they have been so depressed and confused that the GOD whom they believed as Messiah had died even though JESUS already told them what would happen, still the reality of their situation could not make life of JESUS words when HE died... and I can only imagine the despair that they felt.

Application

How truly important is Revelation in our lives??? To me, I live by it. Because so many things happen in our lives that we don't understand that will cause us to despair and live without hope. That is why I seek JESUS because HE is the Spirit that gives life to my thirsty soul, and HIS words give me hope to live, I can only receive such Revelations when I am seeking JESUS. These Revealed WORDS or Rhema Words are the very Words of GOD that is fit for the moment of my situation. When I seek JESUS, HE shows Himself to me and this is called an encounter with JESUS. And with every special encounter, JESUS usually gives me WORDS that I need for that moment - my Daily bread, Rhema WORDS and instructions that always encourages me, always give me hope, always give me energy to live. The world calls it Wisdom, but it is more than just a piece of advice, Revelation knowledge or insight is an instruction that usually comes from an encounter with JESUS that gives meaning to everything that is happening around us in the present moment, like an explanation from heaven that usually gives hope and life to the ones suffering despair. I choose to sit at JESUS feet daily, to read HIS word and to bring everything in my head and heart (all my concerns) to HIM and HE always gives me hope and peace because HE cannot help Himself, HE is just so good, so loving and HE cares for me and all that I care about HE cares for it even more. Even my dogs that want to go out of their cage to pee and poo HE hears them and so I let them out this morning because HE let me hear their cry and I just felt in my Spirit to let them out before I continue spending time with HIM. How wonderful is this GOD that I love??? How loving??? 

Prayer

Dear AVI,

O GOD of all Knowledge and Truth, Omniscient One, HOLY is YOUR Name King YESHUA!!! Toda so much for who YOU are!!!! I want you to always give me this loving care everyday, I want to always be aware of YOUR wonderful presence and I will always keep praying for the Ones YOU have put in my heart - Stephen and Benita. O GOD save them, I pray that YOU reveal YOURSELF to them in a most Special way, encounter them O GOD like YOU encountered the Muslims who are truly seeking GOD. Please JESUS please do this for me, and I pray that YOU move in Stephen's heart to love me more than I love him because I feel already that I love him, I did not want to love him, at the beginning but YOU are the One who  pointed him out to me, so I am praying for him and his mother Benita to know YOU and love YOU, please O GOD, I pray that YOU will reveal YOURSELF to them just as YOU revealed YOURSELF to Mary. I pray O GOD that they will always serve YOUR purpose here on earth and that I will be a blessing to them. I pray O GOD that they will follow YOU with all their hearts. I pray O GOD that YOUR love will fill their hearts and YOUR Spirit will fill their lives. Please GOD, please KING JESUS, I pray that YOU enable Diko Lillian and Aunt Pacita to know YOU too and love YOU and always rejoice in YOUR love. I pray O GOD, take care of my parents as YOU give them long life please continue to reveal YOUR Truths to them and that YOU make them obedient to YOU because YOU are a just GOD who is always faithful to show mercy and execute justice. Please KING JESUS help me to live according to YOUR WILL and I want my heart to be ONE with YOUR WILL so do not let me desire anything apart from YOUR Will and help me to just walk with YOU in YOUR Pace, do not let me be patient but make me steadfast in YOU O GOD Almighty. Please change my parents hearts to be obedient to YOU in paying taxes to the Government please GOD have YOUR Way in us. For YOU deserve all the glory honor and praise!

In the Name of JESUS Amen!