Hey everyone…I know that I have not written in a while. Until school is over, you can probably expect not too many posts and short ones if any. Thanks for bearing with me.
Here is an interesting and yet needed post I read today. I think it would be good for everyone to read this through and consider it for your own spiritual purposes. Give me some thoughts too.
Resting in Him though busy still,
Josh
I was reading in Proverbs the other day and found an interesting verse. It really stuck out to me because it said something that I had always thought but was against a group of people that taught me growing up and still believe it to this day. The issue is the issue of taking everything that you believe and accepting it as truth. The group that I am referring to spoke mainly of music and their stand on it. They basically took their own word and told younger people to take it and accept it as truth whether they believed it or not. The following is the verse that I found:
The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps. (Prov 14:15)
I looked up some commentaries on this. They speak about it better than I ever could, so enjoy. First is the popular Matthew Henry.
Eager readiness to believe what others say, has ever proved mischievous. The whole world was thus ruined at first. The man who is spiritually wise, depends on the Saviour alone for acceptance. He is watchful against the enemies of his salvation, by taking heed to God’s word.
Now, enjoy some of Gill. (I think if he were around these days, he would have been a blogger.)
The simple believeth every word,…. Every thing that is said to him every story that is told him, and every promise that is made him; and so is easily imposed upon, and drawn in to his hurt: every word of God, or doctrine of his, ought to be believed; because whatever he says is true, he cannot lie; every word of his is pure, free from all error and falsehood; it is a tried word, and found to bear a faithful testimony, and, if we receive the witness of then, the witness of God is greater; besides, his word is profitable for instruction, and for the increase of peace, joy, and comfort, and is effectual to saving purposes: every word of Christ is to be believed, who is a teacher sent from God; whose mission is confirmed by miracles, and whose doctrine is not his own as man, but his Father’s; he is the faithful witness, and truth itself; his words are more than human, and besides are pleasant and wholesome: and every word and doctrine of his apostles, who received their mission commission, and doctrines from him, is also to be believed; but every spirit, or everyone that pretends to be a spiritual man, and to have spiritual gifts, is not to be believed; but the words and doctrines of ordinary men and ministers are to be first tried by the unerring rule of the sacred Scriptures; yea, the doctrines of the apostles were examined by them; see 1John 4:1; they are “simple”, weak, silly, foolish persons, that believe all they hear, whether right or wrong, true or false, good or hurtful; they are children in knowledge, who are tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine, and are deceived with good words and fair speeches, Eph 4:14, Rom 16:18. This truly describes the followers of the man of sin; who give heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; who believe as the church believes; that believe with an implicit faith; believe every word and doctrine the pope and councils say they should, though ever so absurd; as, for instance, the doctrine of transubstantiation: these are “simple” or fools with a witness, who give up their understandings, and even their senses unto, and pin their faith upon, another;
but the prudent man looketh well to his going; or “its going”; to the course and tendency of the word he hears, or the doctrine which is proposed to his faith; he considers well whether it is agreeable or is contrary to the perfections of God; whether it derogates from the glory of any of the divine Persons; whether it makes for the magnifying the riches of God’s grace, and for the debasing of men; or for the depreciating of the one, and setting up of the other; and whether it is a doctrine according to godliness, or not, that tends to promote holiness of heart and life, or to indulge a loose conversation; and according to these criteria he judges and determines whether he shall believe it or not. Or, “to his going”; that is, to the going of the deceiver and impostor; he observes narrowly the methods he takes, the artifices he makes use of, the cunning sleight by which he lies in wait to deceive; how craftily he walks, and handles the word of God deceitfully; and he takes notice of his moral walk and conversation, and, as our Lord says, “ye shall know them by their fruits”, Mat 7:16. Or else the meaning is, and which seems to be the sense of our version, that he looks well unto, and carefully observes, his own goings; he takes heed to his ways, that they are right; that he is not in ways of his devising and choosing, but in God’s ways; in the way of life and salvation by Christ; in the path of faith on him, and in the way of holiness; that he has chosen the way of truth, and walks in that; and that every step he takes in doctrine is according to the word of truth; and that whatever he does in worship is agreeably to the divine rule; and that every path of duty he treads in is according to the same, and as he has Christ for a pattern, and the Spirit for a guide; and that his walk is as becomes the Gospel, worthy of the calling wherein he is called, and that it is circumspect and wise; and such a man may be truly said to be a “prudent” man: the Targum is,
“he attends to his good;”
and so he does.
Well, believe it or not – I am still here. I’m sorry for those that check my website regularly that never get anything new on here. Life is a “rat race” as I tell everyone. From work full-time to school fulltime (kinda; 16 credits but only 13 at a time) and plus my normal life (i.e. family, church, girlfriend…) it’s busy to say the least. Good news is that I have gotten a 103% and 98% on my first two math tests. I also got a 90% on a psychology pop test as well as a some other good grades. Life is a little rough at work. I am still working third shift, but it is starting to aggitate my sleeping system and my body won’t let me sleep during the day very long or well.
 This is my life right now. It’s very busy, but busy is good sometimes. Please pray for me. I need it. If you want some specifics to pray about, (1) please pray about money. Things are unusually getting tight right now. I know that if I seek Him first and His righteousness, He will provide for me. (2) Please also pray for wisdom in some decisions of my life right now. It is hard being in school with so much going on, but different things in my life seem to be pushing me to make a decision. So, guidance…wisdom…I need them both. (3) Lastly for now, if you would not mind praying about diligence and endurance to get done the things I need to get done and not enjoy free time so much that I trade it for busy time. It is definately weird working and going to school. I have never had such responsibility in my life and it is a definite learning experience. Thank you all.
 Just a thought before I dive back into the busy-ness – if God were not sovereign (as so many suggest by emphasising man over God) we would have no reason to go to God in prayer for He could do nothing about it anyway…but He is still the same God as He was from before man’s beginning.
Grace,
Josh Blaha