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Do Not Be Wise in Your Own Eyes
"Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil."We came up with little hand motions to help us memorize it, and also wrote it on two sticky notes. I have one next to my office door, and she has one taped next to her bedroom door.
I trust that this verse will help my daughter receive the instruction of her daddy and mommy with more humility. But I already see the benefit of the Proverb's wisdom for my own soul. I've been thinking about how it applies to me.
I am wise in my own eyes...
1. When I don't pause to pray for God's guidance on a decision.2. When I fail to depend on God's word and approach it as a daily "lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Ps. 119:105).
3. When I assume a decision doesn't need a second opinion, and I don't take the time to ask trusted friends for counsel.
4. When I am critical of another person's practice or perspective without taking the time to understand it and ask questions.
5. When I am lax in fleeing temptation, assuming that I'm adult enough to "handle it."6. When I do something right and fail to acknowledge before God that it is only his grace that allowed me to do it right.
7. When I pat myself on the back about knowledge I have that I learned from someone else.8. When I don't draw out, or seek to understand, a person who is bringing criticism (whether or not it's being brought constructively).
9. When I assume that the truth of a sermon is for someone else, not my own life.
10. When I neglect to consistently plead to God for his wisdom.
Until I see God and fear him, I cannot see myself rightly. When my view of him is clouded, when I'm a functional atheist, I will trust and applaud my own wisdom. But when I rightly fear God--when I see him for who he is as the all-seeing, all-powerful Holy One to whom I will answer--I will see myself as weak, dependent, and in need of heavenly wisdom. When I fear God, I will shun the evil of pride and self-sufficiency. By God's grace I will grow in modeling this for my little girl.
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Comments (5)
When I don't meditate the Word of God everyday.
Posted by Charissa | April 3, 2007 10:28 PM
i need prayers for this i need advice on how to be humble and be myself. i like the comments..
Posted by Anonymous | September 15, 2007 6:31 AM
When I purposefully disobey my authority because my own reasoning justifies it.
Posted by Shane | May 6, 2009 12:38 PM
I am wise in my own eyes when I am stressed. I think everything depends on me to get done.
Posted by nancym | November 11, 2009 10:24 AM
Dear Brother in Christ
Greetings from Pakistan.
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In Christ,
Mehwish
Email : life4lord76@yahoo.com
Posted by Mehwish | November 26, 2009 11:46 PM