- Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs 15:22 – In the leadership world, I’ve heard this quote spoken, “If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together.” For we learn even from this proverb we alone can make plans. We are able to come up with grand ideas all by ourselves, but what we see is the result of bringing no one else along for the journey. Personal experience has shown me plans made alone often have issues that could have been avoided if other eyes other than just my own looked at the plans. I’ve also been humbled and seen how others can truly bring things to the plans I never could have or would have never even thought to bring. Listen then to the wisdom of this proverb, bring other people into your planning. Avoid avoidable mistakes, accomplish greater things than your plans could come up with alone, and go further than you could take yourself. Realize the enemy loves as well to work on us in isolation. He will take advantage of this working alone to fuel our pride, our anxiety, and our tensions we have in relationships. The enemy wants you to fail, but the Lord wants to see you succeed. Find those who are wise in the Lord and have demonstrated already a love for you in this life. Drop the pride in thinking you can do this alone, bring their eyes and experience into your planning, and see the Lord’s blessings on your plans when you handle them in the way He told you to. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2923
- Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it. Proverbs 15:16 – What I’m noticing as I read through Proverbs is that the wise author truly saw the pointlessness of giving all you had to gaining worldly success. That living your life, and giving your life, for the pursuit of wealth and power really didn’t get you anywhere if the pursuit of God wasn’t there. We see that in today’s passage. That great treasure without God doesn’t compare to having little yet with God. Remember then today the best thing you can do to find true success in life is to pursue God. Yes, go hard at work, be creative and do your best at your goals because that’s honoring to God as well. Just don’t let the pursuit of what the world says to pursue distract you from your pursuit of God. Run after what will bring you what you really need. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 686
- Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it. Proverbs 15:17 -I’ve had meals where all I had was simply some cheap trail mix and loved it and I’ve had fancy meals and hated it. Why? Because I’m cheap? Well, maybe a little, but what made the meal good/bad was the company and the health of those connections I was sitting with. See this passage reminds us what’s most important, the relationships in our life. Not what you eat, what you’re doing, or where you’re at, but who you’re with and the health of your relationship with them. Seek then to have love flow strongly within your relationships with others. If there is a lacking of peace or tension with someone today, seek to resolve that so love can flow freely again. If love is the piece that changes everything in a relationship for the good, then let’s not stop until it’s over and within every relationship we have. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1697
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