{"id":5623,"date":"2017-04-11T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/daily-e-votional\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2017-04-10T13:24:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T20:24:21","slug":"dont-do-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/dont-do-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DON&#8217;T DO IT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Proverbs 3:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #c40000;\"><em>\u201cDo not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Have you ever found yourself in the midst of a situation that seemed to have no solution? I am tempted to describe one or two, but if I do it may prevent you from relating to your own particular no-win situation. So, how do we cope?<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s Scripture we are told to <strong><u>avoid relying on our own wisdom<\/u><\/strong>, to <u><strong>fear God<\/strong><\/u>, and to <u><strong>shun evil<\/strong><\/u>. This concept is very hard for us to grasp since we want to control everything around us.<\/p>\n<p>When we encounter evil or injustice, our natural inclination is to rise up with righteous indignation and attempt to correct the situation. James 1:19-20 makes it clear that our fervent anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.<\/p>\n<p>If we are to avoid operating in our own strength and abilities, is there anything we can do when faced with the problems that confront us? The answer is very clear. It begins with <strong>trusting in the Lord with <u>all<\/u> of our heart<\/strong>. That means letting go and letting God have control.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, we must <strong>acknowledge God in <u>all<\/u> of our way<\/strong>s. The Hebrew word for <em>acknowledge<\/em> is the word <em>yada\u2019.<\/em> It means in part to learn more and more about God and His ways. We do that as we rest in Him and study His Word to search out and discover more and more of His wonderful attributes.<\/p>\n<p>May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; Pastor Cecil \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proverbs 3:7 \u201cDo not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.&#8221; Have you ever found yourself in the midst of a situation that seemed to have no solution? I am tempted to describe one or two, but if I do it may prevent you from relating to your own particular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-proverbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}