verseoftheday

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:17 NASB The last word in this verse is "anupokritos" The meaning is: not a phony ("put on"), describing sincere behavior free from hidden agendas (selfish motives)  literally, "without hypocrisy" (unfeigned). All of us have know people who are phony, who have selfish hidden agendas. Who are hypocrites. And there's times, there's days, when those words describe me to... James says wisdom from heaven has none of that, and as we drink in that wisdom, soak our minds and hearts in heavens wisdom, there is less and less room for those things. As we keep looking towards and following Jesus, the One who was truly not phony, had no hidden agenda, had no hypocrisy, there was no mask His mission was to seek and save us His heart was love And he lived it out in the everyday, and in the big things....

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. James 3:17NIV Full of...good fruit! Interesting thing about fruit...most if it is of no value to the tree, but by design, fruit benefits and blesses others. If I'm full of good fruit then most of that has come from somewhere else...someone else... Here James is talking about the wisdom of heaven and that it's chock full of two things: Mercy And Good Fruit Nourishment, healing, energy, flavour, texture, aroma...these are the things that the wisdom of heaven brings into our lives, so that, we too may bear good fruit that brings all those good things into the lives of others... #wisdomofheaven #pure #peaceloving #undivided #gentlyyielding #fullupwithmercy #goodfruit #somethingtochewon