Good morning my friends!
I pray you had a great weekend. Did you study Proverbs on your own on Saturday and Sunday? Hmmmm?
Well anyway, we are back together today and we are in chapter 29 verse 25, using the Amplified version:
Proverbs 29:25
"The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever leans on, trusts in, and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set on high." AMP
Has God placed a vision/mission in your heart? Do you have an overwhelming desire to accomplish that mission? I believe that we all do!! Whether it's at work, your church, at home, or a combination: we ALL have a mission to accomplish! Well verse 25 tells us to "lean on, trust in, and put your confidence in the LORD" and not in man!! People are people...and as people they will LET US DOWN from time to time!
If you place all your confidence in a person to help you reach your vision, at some point you will be sorely disappointed! People fail! I mean haven't WE failed sometimes? Haven't WE failed to live up to OUR OWN expectations for ourselves? When you place you confidence in the LORD, our verse tells us that we will be safe!! SAFE!! We all know what safe means: protected, sound, guarded...that is what happens when we put all our confidence in God!
So, right now I want you to think of what your vision is -- right now! Do you have it in your mind? (One of my missions right now is to serve the youth of my church with an awesomely successful tutoring and mentoring program)
Okay, now that you have it in your mind; regardless of the protocol in place to make your dream happen; (proposal submission, approval, staffing, etc.) I want you to consciously take your confidence off of all the people and procedures - and place them in God and Him alone. (Of course you STILL follow policies and procedures, folks!)
I encourage you to stop reading right now and pray and ask God to forgive you for trusting in people and things, and tell Him that your full confidence is in Him!!! Did you pray that prayer? I did and I am ready to GO!!
You made a wise choice today!!
I pray you had a great weekend. Did you study Proverbs on your own on Saturday and Sunday? Hmmmm?
Well anyway, we are back together today and we are in chapter 29 verse 25, using the Amplified version:
Proverbs 29:25
"The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever leans on, trusts in, and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set on high." AMP
Has God placed a vision/mission in your heart? Do you have an overwhelming desire to accomplish that mission? I believe that we all do!! Whether it's at work, your church, at home, or a combination: we ALL have a mission to accomplish! Well verse 25 tells us to "lean on, trust in, and put your confidence in the LORD" and not in man!! People are people...and as people they will LET US DOWN from time to time!
If you place all your confidence in a person to help you reach your vision, at some point you will be sorely disappointed! People fail! I mean haven't WE failed sometimes? Haven't WE failed to live up to OUR OWN expectations for ourselves? When you place you confidence in the LORD, our verse tells us that we will be safe!! SAFE!! We all know what safe means: protected, sound, guarded...that is what happens when we put all our confidence in God!
So, right now I want you to think of what your vision is -- right now! Do you have it in your mind? (One of my missions right now is to serve the youth of my church with an awesomely successful tutoring and mentoring program)
Okay, now that you have it in your mind; regardless of the protocol in place to make your dream happen; (proposal submission, approval, staffing, etc.) I want you to consciously take your confidence off of all the people and procedures - and place them in God and Him alone. (Of course you STILL follow policies and procedures, folks!)
I encourage you to stop reading right now and pray and ask God to forgive you for trusting in people and things, and tell Him that your full confidence is in Him!!! Did you pray that prayer? I did and I am ready to GO!!
You made a wise choice today!!
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