DON'T BE A FOOL(2)

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Text :Proverbs 3:7 

 *Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.* 

For King Solomon( the wisest king that ever lived apart from Jesus) to have admonished you to trust in the Lord with all of your heart, it implies that:

1. Your heart has the capacity to trust many things and many people at the same time. But this would yield no good result. For no one can look up and down at the same time. Joshua 24:15, 2 King 10:31, Jer 2:28.

2.Your heart can be compartmentalized. *God wants the whole of your heart in one piece and not in bits and pieces.* Jer,29:13

3. Your heart can waver between two or more options.James 1:7-8.

 The reason your heart takes all of the above postures is because of the interference of your understanding. God does not want you to lean on your own understanding,. *God wants you to lean on Him both for the supply and proper usage of the understanding He has given you.* 

For instance, David conquered Goliath not because he had the best weapon, but because he trusted the Lord with All his heart. He wholly leaned on God.

While Saul's understanding was that Goliath has been a warrior right from his youth and that David should put on the best armoury to confront him. David's understanding was that the circumcised and covenanted Israelites are the armies of the Lord, and anyone who defiles them shall be destroyed. 1Sam 17:32-51.

 *Man's understanding has its limitation, it can only take you as far its limited capacity. But when you lean on God, you enjoy an unlimited access to supernatural knowledge and abilities.*

 *God's ways, thoughts and pattern of doing things differ from man's. Hence, those who are wise in their own eyes will always find it difficult to TRUST God.* 

David confronting Goliath with his staff, slings and five stones was the " _dummiest_ " thing anyone could ever think of. But he trusted in the Lord and not in his own understanding. Goliath himself knew this and he remarked: 

 _....Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.1 Samuel 17:43__ 

God's word instructed you not to be wise in your own eyes because:

 *The moment you become wise in your eyes is the very moment you become a fool.*

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.Ask the lord for grace to trust Him with all your heart.

Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:5-8.


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