DCLM Daily Manna Thursday, July 14, 2022
TOPIC: He Who Controls the Soul
TEXT: PROVERBS 21:1-15
KEY VERSE:
“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will”
(PROVERBS 21:1).
DCLM Daily Manna Thursday, July 14, 2022 OUTLINE
The stamp of infallible divine wisdom shows up everywhere one turns in the book of Proverbs. The Lord intended it so to remind us that He is the Source of all that Solomon was inspired to write. He reminds us through these sayings that, indeed, He gave to Solomon what he requested. But more than this, the Lord designed the solemn maxims to go beyond the generation of Solomon to benefit believers of our age.
Solomon in our text says we must see God in comprehensive perspectives: He not only works in the affairs of men, He also controls their activities in order to accomplish His purpose for the existence of the world. God directs the heart of the king to make him rule in the way that pleases Him. No matter what course man takes, God works behind the scene to achieve His goal and annul the plan of the wicked.
There are warnings against arrogance, pride and the use of fraudulent means to get rich. The peace one gets in a lonely place is preferable to the company of a clamorous woman in a big house. After a series of more pieces of advice, the Lord then cautions us not to ignore the cry of the poor. These destitute include the unsaved who need us to feed them with the glorious gospel.
The early period of Solomon’s reign is recorded as the peak of Israel’s economic power. He achieved this feat because he abided by the wisdom given him by God. His decline began when he forsook God’s wisdom. Man will always derail if he departs from the word of the Lord.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God’s wisdom saves while man’s destroys.
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