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NEIL ANDERSON'S DAILY IN CHRIST
from Freedom in Christ Ministries
September 18
SEEING LIFE FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from
evil (Proverbs 3:7).
Wisdom was certainly the way of the Old Testament as the Book of
Proverbs and other wisdom literature attest. However, in the Old
Testament, wisdom was not understood as our ability to reason
independently of God. Rather, it was an acceptance and knowledge
of divine revelation. Biblical wisdom is seeing life from God's
perspective. When wisdom degenerates to rationalism, our walk
with God is reduced to an intellectual pursuit rather than a
living relationship. Proverbs 3:5-7 pictures the relationship God
desires with us: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do
not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge
Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your
own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil."
Turning away from evil signifies that there are moral boundaries.
The will of God is to live inside those boundaries. We are free
to live as the Lord leads as long as we stay morally pure and
exercise biblical wisdom. Since all unbelievers are outside the
moral boundaries of God, they can expect judgment. Christians
living outside the moral boundaries can expect discipline. The
writer of Hebrews would attest to the latter: "But if you are
without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you
are illegitimate children and not sons" (Hebrews 12:8).
It's true that God does give us freedom to make choices on
nonmoral issues, but He expects us to know His Word and make wise
decisions. He has made His will known primarily in His Word, and
He delights when we humbly submit to it and obey it. But we are
not Old Testament saints. We are New Testament Christians. Christ
has reconciled Jew and Gentile, and we possess both power and
wisdom. What marks the church age is that we now have the
presence of the Holy Spirit Who will guide us into all truth.
"For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit
searches all things, even the depths of God" (1 Corinthians
2:10).
Thank You, Lord, for Your Word, which is a lamp to my feet, and
for Your Holy Spirit, Who will guide me into all truth.
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