Meditate on it day and night so that you may act carefully according to all that is written in it. “This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth. Then, look for opportunities daily to do so. Think about how you can put it into practice in your daily life. 61:3).Ĭonsider what God has already spoken to you about what you ought or ought not be doing.
In addition, oil is associated with joy (see Is. Jesus sent Him to us to guide those who believe in Him in the ways of wisdom. Symbolically, oil represents the Holy Spirit. Recall that both groups had lamps (the containers for light), but only the wise had oil with them (the fuel for light). We live in freedom when we live according to God’s truth! Don’t be like the virgins in the parable Jesus told in the parable of the wise and foolish virgins (see Matt. God wants His people free, untangled from the yoke of sin’s bondage. “For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Are you walking in it?Ģ Timothy 3:6-7 gives us a warning that we would all do well to heed. If you need a spiritual facelift, then think about the wisdom God has already given you. I believe that God wants each of us to be shining examples of His glory! That is why He gave us His word to live by.ĭeuteronomy 4:6 says this about God’s Word: “Therefore, keep and do them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'”ĭoes that sound good to you? It does to me! God’s people were not meant to fit into this world, but to stand out-in a good way. This shining did not come from grease, but from God’s glory. His face shone as the sun, and His garments became white as the light.” Matthew 17:1-2 tells us that Jesus’ face shone: “After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother and brought them up to a high mountain alone, and was transfigured before them. 34:29)? Not only had He been in God’s presence (who is the source of wisdom itself), but He also had God’s law in his hands-written wisdom. Do you remember how Moses’ face shone after he came down from the mountain after God gave Him the 10 commandments (Ex. I am aware of two examples in the Bible of people who shined physically.
Wow, do you mean that becoming wiser will make your face shine? Yes, and that is not the only place the Bible states that fact.ĭaniel 12:3 says: “Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who turn the many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.” “Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the harshness of his face is softened” (Eccl.
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