Reading for Today:
Proverb Chapter 1
Gold Nugget
Verse 30: "They would have none of my counsel and
despised my every rebuke."
Commentary
Have you ever felt like your words of wisdom were falling
on deaf ears? I have seen young men that I have mentored, hear my counsel and
disregard it as folly. Either they see it as over cautious or plain wasteful
and unnecessary. "They would have
none of my counsel and despised my every rebuke." It is very
frustrating for us to watch someone who is walking down a path of destruction
or misery. Despite their looks of displeasure with us, they don't realize that
our motives are pure and are shared because of our concern for them.
When I am
presented with these scenarios where people refuse my counsel, I remind myself
of how many people that I have frustrated over the years. All these attributes
I have exhibited myself at one time or another or in one way or another.
Remembering this helps me to see them as a mirror of me and my passion,
patience, and mercy kicks into high gear. It becomes easier to love those as
God loves them when we see them as we are. It's when we don't see them as
qualified as we are, that we then begin to look down on them. This is easily
discerned by them and will ensure more effective and rebellious behaviors to
follow. Remember who we were when we are dealing with who others may still be.
He had a lot of patience with us. We should extend the same to others.
Prayer
Lord, I thank you for
the opportunity to disciple others. Please give me the character and heart you
possessed for your disciples so that I may please you. Amen
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