Bringing it to pass

Proverbs 16:30 KJV — He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

The way you bring things to pass is by speaking.

You conceive things in your heart, behind closed doors eyes.

You birth them out through your mouth.

Good/bad/ugly may be the baby, but your mouth is the birth canal.

God quickens the dead

Romans 4:17 KJV — (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

That’s what God does: He makes dead things come to life.

So if you’ve got something that’s died, then you are a candidate for God’s power to make it come alive.

(And the resurrected life is always greater than the life that was there before).

No death, no resurrection.

Give God your dead things so that He can give them back to you alive.

Airport security

Proverbs 14:15 KJV — The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Just because they’ve said it, doesn’t mean you have to believe it.

Before you believe the words, pass them through the X-ray machine of airport security.

Isolate anything trying to board the flight of words from your mouth.

Diligence will be rewarded

Proverbs 13:4 KJV — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Don’t give up.

Your diligence will be rewarded. Your soul (mind+will+emotions) will be made fat.

Diligence is no respecter of persons or excuses.

True witness

Proverbs 12:17 KJV — He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Let God be true and every man a liar.

Let the Word of God be true and every man a liar.

Let what God said be true and your experience be a liar.

Your true witness is based on seeing things through the lens of the Word and not your experience of the Word.

Trusting in the Vine

Proverbs 11:28 KJV — He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Jesus is the Vine, you are a branch.

Trusting in your connection to Jesus by faith causes you to prosper.

Righteousness produces wealth.

Your trust in the Vine is more valuable than you realise.

Poverty = destruction

Proverbs 10:15 KJV — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Poverty is bad for you. It’s not a godly trait. It’s not a neutral state of being.

Poverty seeks to destroy you.

Don’t let it. Assert your authority.

Jesus already became poor that you might be made rich.

God created you to walk in wealth.

What’s the Wisdom?

Proverbs 8:22 KJV — The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

What’s the Wisdom for this situation?

Not optics. Not budget. Not comparison.

Wisdom.

There is Wisdom for every situation you’re facing.

Knowing it exists is the first step towards seeking it.

Check your Word count

Proverbs 7:1 KJV — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

What’s your Word count?

How much Word are you consuming?

How much time are you spending thinking about the Word, talking about the Word, meditating on the Word?

None of this is to impress God or be accepted by Him. God loves you and approves of you because of what Jesus did on the Cross, not because of what we do.

But spending a lot of time in the Word is about you being transformed on the outside into everything that God has placed inside your Spirit.

Spending lots of time in the Word is about causing your mind to finally submit to what God says about you.