Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Delight Yourself in the Lord

Psalm 37:4-6
"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday."

God gives us our desires when they line up with His will and His principles.

Sometimes the Lord gives us what we want that is bad for us because we are so stubborn we refuse to ask Him or obey when He speaks.

The Fool Has the Mind of a Bratty Six Year Old

I know of a wicked man who mocks women who are heavy. He has a monstrous disrespect for women and demonstrates it in this mocking and demeaning.

This man claims to be a Christian and yet he has no fruit of the Spirit and lacks any form of empathy and concern for anyone but himself.

Every time this man mocks a woman who is over weight he shows the evil in his own heart.

What are the things that must happen for this man to feel justified in mocking those who are heavy?

First this very foolish man has to think that a person's size is more important than someone's spiritual condition. When we see outer appearances but do not discern the spirit, then superficial appearances are the most important. He must also perceive himself to be superior to those who do not look just like him.

Secondly this foolish man has to assume that a heavier woman is overeating, gluttonous without knowing her medical condition. He has not spoken to her doctor, he has not been around to see how she eats nor has he known her personally. This wicked man judges on appearances alone without any evidence, merely based on his own preference for women to be thin.

Thirdly this foolish man is demonstrating that demeaning and mocking women because of their size elevates himself in some way. He must demean, mock and destroy anyone who does not fit his narrow view of humanity.

Proverbs 18:2
"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion."

Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

Proverbs 29:9
"If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet."

Proverbs 26:19
"A fool is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”

Those that judge others based on appearances alone are wicked, used of the devil to ruin those who love the Lord.

Proverbs 10:23
"Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding."

We know that the fool takes pleasure in demeaning others, its like candy to them.

Proverbs 14:16
"One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless."

Proverbs 13:20
"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm."

The only solution for the fool is repentance. This person must confess their wicked heart to be cleansed by God. IF he will not repent, then the Lord will bring upon him discipline that could destroy him. God does not tolerate the evil perpetrated on others by the narcissist, at some point God will punish those who refuse to admit their sin.

The solution for those who are mocked by these wicked ones is to remove ourselves, stay completely away from them, they are nothing but trouble all the time and will never bring anything of godly value to our lives.

Ecclesiastes 7:9
"Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools."

Do not be angry with the fool, feel sorry for them and pray for them. However the only way to keep ourselves from frustration and anger in our own soul, is to avoid these mean types who have refused to repent.

Proverbs 13:20
"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm."

2 Timothy 3, 2 Timothy 4