The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Richard Craig, Author at GraceAndWorks - Page 38 of 60
Though I walk In the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies; and Your right hand will save me. The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand all.
As I pondered this particular subject, I started to realize how often we use the words catch and caught. I caught a fish. I caught a ball. I caught you___. You caught me__. The police caught me__. My spouse caught me__. My friend caught me__. I finally caught on. This isn’t easy to catch onto. I got caught up with. I can’t catch up with that car. I can’t catch up with the other runners. You can’t catch me. All of these probably have nothing to do with whether we live or die.
I caught a cold. I caught the flu. I caught the measles. I caught whooping cough. Those allergies finally caught up with me. Heart problems caught up with me. Cancer caught up with me. Old age will catch up with me. Arthritis will probably catch up with me. Bad knees and bad hips may catch up with me. Some of these will or could cause an early death and some will or could just make life miserable and you will recover. The one thing we do know is there will come a day when we will all die a physical death.
In my eyes, the “Deadliest Catch” is when Satin catches hold of you. Years ago Flip Wilson came out with a saying that lives on today–“The Devil Made Me Do It”!! It’s an excuse that is used over and over when we do something that is sinful. Well, the devil made me do it. NO HE DIDN’T!! God gave us the ability to make choices. We choose whether we want to sin or not. The Devil does not make us do anything. Here I’m referring to the Deadliest Catch as being, Satin, the one who catches us and causes a Spiritual Death. A Spiritual death that will cause us to lose our home with God.
As I was writing this, I came to realize that upon doing something good, I have never heard, “God made me do it”!! Why is that? Is it because we don’t do good? Is because we can’t give God credit? We certainly blame the bad on Satin. The fact is, just as the devil can’t make us do anything, God doesn’t make us do anything either. It is all our choice.
So, let’s not get caught by the devil–let’s get caught up with God!!
Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world— the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but even their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
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