{"id":6931,"date":"2019-06-05T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/daily-e-votional\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2019-06-06T08:14:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:14:50","slug":"dont-be-a-wise-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/dont-be-a-wise-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"DON\u2019T BE A WISE GUY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Proverbs 3:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #c40000;\"><strong><em>\u201cDo not be wise in your own eyes;\u00a0fear the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Lord<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0and depart from evil.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 of my own, but if I do it may prevent you from relating to your particular no-win situation. How do we cope?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today\u2019s Scripture we are cautioned to avoid becoming\u00a0<em>wise in our own eyes.<\/em>\u00a0This is very hard for us to grasp since we seem to have the desire to control things around us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we encounter evil or injustice we often rise up with righteous indignation and want to correct the situation. God\u2019s Word makes it clear that our fervent anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How are we to avoid using our own abilities when faced with the problems that confront us? The answer is very clear. First and foremost we are to trust in the Lord with all of our heart. That means letting go and letting God have control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secondly, we must acknowledge God in\u00a0<strong><u>all<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0of our ways. The Hebrew word for acknowledge is the word\u00a0<em>yada.\u00a0<\/em>It means in part to learn more and more about God and His ways. We do that as we rest in Him, study His Word, and discover more of His wonderful attributes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blessings dear hearts!\u00a0Walk with God today and be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><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;\u00a0fear the\u00a0Lord\u00a0and depart from evil.\u201d 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 of my own, but if I do it may prevent you from relating to your 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-6931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-proverbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931","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=6931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}