Daily Prayer
The Word:
Proverbs 26:1 (HCSB) 1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is inappropriate for a fool.
Proverbs 26:13 (HCSB) 13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road— a lion in the public square!”
Proverbs 26:17 (HCSB) 17 A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
My observation:
In this chapter Solomon identifies some people that wise people should avoid. These people fit into three categories; the fool, the slacker, and the troublemaker. You need to be able to identity these types because you will surely encounter them during your walk through this world.
However, the verse that captured my attention this morning is what Solomon said in the last verse describing the fool.
Proverbs 26:12 (HCSB) 12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Solomon issues a serious warning that even the fool is better off than the person who is wise in his own eyes. The grave problem of self-conceit or pride is that is blinds the person to the sense of their need for change.
Luke 18:11 (HCSB) 11 The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people—greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Revelation 3:17 (HCSB) 17 Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
My inspiration:
Psalm 138:6 (HCSB) 6 Though the Lord is exalted, He takes note of the humble; but He knows the haughty from a distance.
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I praise and thank you that you are a God who sits on high, but that you condescend and dwell among the lowly.
Father, I thank you that you don’t leave us alone in this world to fend for ourselves and by ourselves. I am so glad that the Lord hears and answers the prayers of his children.
There are people I need to avoid like those described by Solomon in the Proverb. But, there is a God in heaven who I can confidently run to, and place my faith and trust in him for all things and at all times.
Philippians 4:6-7 (HCSB) 6 Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.7 And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
My song:
Nothing Between My Soul and the Savior (Click on link below for lyrics and midi):