Date: Sunday July 15, 2012
Today's Chapters: Proverbs 30-31
Message Title: Every Word of God

Hello My Friend,

Jesus Said, quoting from the Book of Deuteronomy, “It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” - Luke 4:4. Every day Christians struggle because they are not living by every Word of God. We are to accept God's Word as it is and not alter it under any circumstances. I understand that some things in the Bible are hard to understand, but we are not meant to understand them all at once, but gradually so we do not go into information overload. The more we read, the more we will live by every Word of God, the less struggles we will have.

Christians perceive the Word of God in one of three ways, they either read it and accept it as it is written, they read it and alter it to fit their needs, or they do not read it at all and get their information by what others tell them. We all fit into one of these categories and if we want to truly see God's blessings in our lives we need to learn to live by every Word of God. “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.” - Proverbs 30:5-9.

When we do not live by every word of God, we are stealing from ourselves, God is our guide, our teacher, and our provider, and will give us everything we need and desire. If we are not learning how to obtain them the correct way we will never receive everything He wants to give us. “No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.” - Luke 8:16-18.

The Proverbs are amazing and interesting, only in one sentence can a person be lifted up and convicted at the same time. They can be confusing to read, I do not know how many times I have read Proverbs and still find something as though it were never in there, such as every book, but once you catch it you know it must be something that God wants you to come to understand and do. Such as what we read here. “There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.” - Proverbs 30:14-17.

A horseleech is a large leech that infests the mouth and nasal passages of horses, leeches attach themselves to skin and suck the blood out of whatever it is that it attaches itself to, so, they literally suck the life out of them. The horseleech to a person is the world, it's daughters are lust and envy, they are always crying give me more, they attach themselves to every wicked and immoral thing imagined, yet are never satisfied. The world sucks the life out of people, it does not care about them, and it has no desire to see them successful, people die always wanting, yet never getting what they really need. “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” - James 4:4,17.

Often throughout the Bible you read about men fearing God, which sometimes is addresses to women as well, but once in a while something pops up to remind women that they to need to live by every word of God. A woman has a great deal of influence on a man, one who is wicked and controls a man destroys the man and their children as well, but a virtuous woman, one who lives by every word of God is blessed. She is in command of her own spirit, a help meet to her husband, a good teacher to her children, and is firm for the principles of God’s Word. A virtuous woman is honored by God and is prosperous in all that she does.

“Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.” - Proverbs 31:3,10,17,24-27,30.

God's Word never fails and if we want to receive all the blessings that he has in store for us than we need to read and follow all of it. He knows what He is talking about. The devil loves to get us to think that we do not have to live by Every Word or that we can get by with someone telling us what we are supposed to do, but he is lying and deceiving us. While living by every word of God is not what saves us, it is what helps us out of struggles and keeps us guarded against the devil and all his attacks. “For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.” - 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5,7.

Today's Prayer: God, I believe that everything in Your Word is true and that I will receive all the promises You made as I learn and grow in Your Word. Lord, I want to receive all the blessings that You have for me here on earth and up in heave too. I know the only way I can do that is by living by every one of Your Words. Lord, give me Your power, wisdom, and guidance, make me a hearer and a doer of Your Word. Let me not be tempted by others who are not living by every word and use me to be an example to others. Give me Your mercy, grace, and strength to keep going and give me patience to wait for Your timing in seeing everything come to pass. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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