Friday! Proverbs!
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Proverbs 14:11 NIV
Flourish.
This word in Hebrew seems to mean to bud, to sprout, to shoot...new growth, new life, flourishing, thriving, growing... fruitful.
The life God wants for us.
The life Jesus died for us to get.
The life that flourishes is tapped into the source of life - Jesus used the analogy of the vine.
Those who are against God, while their immediate outlook may be good (they're in a house not a tent) that's all going to come to an end.
But those oriented towards God, we have the first buds of new growth that will go on forever...we've just got to keep tapped in to the source of life.
#jesusatthecentre
#flourish
#somethingtochewon
Genesis 15.8-18.ESV But he said O Lord God , how am I to know that I shall possess it? ...When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram... March 15 was the last day we looked at Abram's story...he was questioning God and this is God's response...sacrifices and smoke and fire and a covenant...a promise... Isn't that what we crave for sometimes? God, if only you'd just show me smoke & fire, a burning bush a sign, miracle, healing...then all my questions would disappear...all my doubts would be gone... 2moro we'll see Abram's response but I think God values our faith in spite of our questions and doubts. That we choose Him anyway #faith
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