- Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11 – Here we find a passage that has the potential to change lives and relationships if followed. First we see the pathway to becoming someone who is slow to getting angry…good sense. This is meaning the more wisdom we have the slower we will be to unleashing our anger on someone for something unworthy of such a response. We see the wise person is also willing to see the benefit of overlooking a wrong done to them. This is not meaning a wise person is content being a punching bag for people, but they are willing to see the bigger picture and the possible reasons behind another person’s hurtful actions. The wise person also knows how deeply they have been forgiven by the Lord and such a knowledge shapes how they pardon others. A wise person then is willing to not react quickly with anger and is willing to think clearly about a situation before responding. A wise person also understands hurt people hurt people, and remembers they too have hurt others and been forgiven, so they forgive like they’ve been forgiven. Can you see how this verse, if followed, can change lives and relationships? Imagine a relationship that anger wasn’t ever the first response and that when we mess up they aren’t about holding it over our heads but are willing to figure out how to make things right. This is the Lord with us, and this is the sort of life the Lord is calling His followers to live. Be wise, be slow to anger, be willing to forgive. The more we understand and cherish this is how the Lord has been with us, the more this will become our posture with other people. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2927
- The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth. Proverbs 19:24 – God is all about us having rest, but He isn’t a supporter of laziness. Imagine a bowl of soup and someone just flops their hand into the bowl and leaves it there. Not only are have they ruined their bowl of soup and made a mess, they don’t even get filled because they never even ate any of it. We see the wastefulness of that and God desires us to see the wastefulness laziness is in our life. The soup is the life God has given us. It’s warm and full of potential and provision. Yet if we find ourselves just lazily going through life never accomplishing the mission God has given us it’s like flopping our hand into a bowl of soup and leaving it there. We missed out on the possibilities and provision life with God could bring because we were to lazy to get up and do anything. Don’t let today be one where you do nothing within your walk with God. Read your Bible, pray, encourage someone, talk about Jesus with someone. Netflix is good, but doing God’s will for your life is so much better. How will you use your day? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 690
- All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them. Proverbs 19:7 – When it says pursues them with words, it’s thought to mean the poor man is reminding his “friends” of the promises they made to always love and take care of him yet gets nothing from them in return. Yet even after studying this the true meaning I’m struggling to understand, but one message does come out of this to me this morning. Jesus isn’t like this poor man’s brother or friends. Jesus will remain in your story. For richer or for poorer, for better or for worse, Jesus is committed to you. You can remind Him of the promises He made to you and He’ll always fulfill them. Jesus isn’t going anywhere from your story. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1701
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