Proverbs 19:20-21 (NIV)
20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,
and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
"Man proposes, heaven disposes." Most of us rush
to give advice and make grandiose plans. The Wiseman reminds us that wisdom
comes from submitting to instruction for a significant period of time and then,
only at the end of long listening does it come. If you are like me, you would
do much better to let your plans ripen a bit more in the light of the Lord
before you launch into them. I am comforted that James, the wisdom writer of
the New Testament, reminds us that God will give that wisdom if we seek it and
not doubt. But while we pray for wisdom, let's pray also for patience to listen
to the Lord's truth in Scripture so we may recognize wisdom when it comes!
Thought for today:
Do I actively listen, hearing with my heart?
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