This web site is focused on gleaning a "gold nugget" from the chapter of Proverbs that corresponds to the current day of the month. The idea was first proposed to me years ago. After trying it, I found myself seeing the scenarios described in proverbs in my daily living. The option for making wiser decisions was becoming more apparent. The Book of Wisdom has lived up to its billing. Proverbs should not be the entirety of your bible reading, but it can be a valuable part of your daily discipline.
The Mirror
Built to Last
Being Reverent
Faithful Wounds of a Friend
Spiritual Health
Enduring the Heat
All Seeing
An Uncommon Answer
A Lion in the Streets
Demolition
Gold Nugget
Verse 12: “The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.”
The Gray Head
Let It Go
Before
Due Process
Opinion
Reading for Today: Proverb Chapter 16
Gold Nugget
Verse 2: “All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits.”
Commentary
I have learned over the years to play the game when asked by my wife, "How does this look?" It's not just a situation for comedians to refer to for laughs. It is a real life and death situation. Now let's be clear, if she asks, "How do I look?" The answer is always easy. She always looks beautiful. If she asks, "How does this outfit look?" That's different. (For me anyways) To me, a bad outfit cannot take from her beauty, but my instinct is to be honest about my opinion of the outfit. I have learned over the years that she doesn't want my opinion. If she wants an opinion, she will asks a woman. If she wants confirmation, she will ask me. After decades in this dance with her, I have finally learned. In her defense, she did let me know that I don't know what I am talking about when it comes to style. To further her defense, everyone also confirmed, I do not have style. If she wants to know the truth, she will asks someone who knows. She is aware that her own perspective could be lacking at times. Like today's "gold nugget" says, “All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits.”
It is part
of our self-preservation that we try to find the best in ourselves. It is scientifically
proven. Those who obsess over their flaws are consider mentally unhealthy. The normal
approach in our human nature is to push our imperfections to our peripheral. In
reality, science didn't prove this, they only confirmed an already present truth.
The scriptures declare we will deceive ourselves with our goodness to our own destruction.
Our only hope is to acknowledge our inflated view of ourselves and let God be the
judge of our spiritual health and condition. He is the only one who can accurately weigh
the spirit.
Prayer
Lord, help
me to submit to your opinion and evaluation of my spiritual condition. You are the
one who is qualified to not only weigh but purify my spirit. Amen
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Slow to Speak
My Rock
Verse 10: “The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy.”
Commentary
Lord, you are my rock and my strength. You are my peace and my joy. All good things come from you and I am grateful for your never ending love for me. Amen
The Messenger
Gold Nugget
Verse 17: “A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful ambassador brings health.”
Commentary
After years of abusing David,
King Saul died on the battlefield. Thinking it was good news to David, a messenger
ran to tell him of Saul’s death. After questioning the messenger, the man told David
of the details of Saul’s death and of his contributions. He didn’t fear telling
David because of the abuse David suffered from Saul’s rage. David was outraged at
the messenger’s nerve to touch a King of Israel and called for an immediate execution
of the messenger on the spot. After that, David wept for his king whom he loved
dearly. The messenger took lightly the message he was carrying and had little regard
for the impact it would have on David. I have seen this scenario play out many times.
You probably have too. Have you ever seen someone carry bad news to someone and
get pleasure out of the pain it causes them? Pretending to be someone’s friend,
a messenger may delight in bringing bad news.
Anytime we delight in bad news, we need to check ourselves spiritually
.When our enemy stumbles, we may be tempted to be delighted and may even spread
this “news”. Consider Proverbs 24:17-18 “17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; 18 Lest the LORD see it, and
it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him.”
An Outside Perspective
Gold Nugget
Verse 15: “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise.”
Commentary
Lord, not long ago you sent someone to me with council that didn't seem “wise in my own eyes”, but somehow I opened up to it. I did “heed to the counsel”, and you have done a work in me as a result. Thank you for letting someone with an outside and different perspective speak truth over me. Help me to incorporate more godly counsel in my life as you send it. Amen
Comes Around Goes Around
Gold Nugget
Verse 19: “As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.”
Commentary
Practicing Christianity
Gold Nugget
Verse 9: “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.”
Commentary
Lord, I do thank you for the things you have taught me, but want to remain humble enough to learn from those that you have put around me or put me around. Remind me of how much more I need to learn and the paths that will lead me there. Amen
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