The search for the best continues. You visit places of business, often places to
eat, that have signs on the wall that tout “voted best in town” or the
like. What is often best we cannot agree
on. One person likes chicken and another
prefers seafood. Both think their choice
is best.
I recently said in several sermons and
quoted here something that rings in my head almost every day: “we must learn to
say no to good things so we can say yes to the best things”. This was discussed last night among a few
friends that I greatly appreciate. The
best things are the ones we cannot buy, that still cost us a lot and have to be
fought for the hardest. Does that make
sense?
The only way I know how to characterize
this is using what I read yesterday. It
made good or best sense.
Scriptures from Proverbs 19 (New Living Translation)
1 Better is a poor man who walks in
his integrity
Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.
8 He who gets wisdom loves his own
soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good.
11 A man's discretion makes him slow
to anger,
And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.
17 One who is gracious to a poor man
lends to the LORD,
And He will repay him for his good deed.
23 The fear of the LORD leads to life,
So that one may sleep
satisfied, untouched by evil.
That’s too much for me to talk about each. Yet when we understand what is best, we will
cherish things that last. Each verse
talks about how we deal with and believe in God. They talk about how we deal with other people.
I get angry when I see people look down on
others. That’s when God has to test my
heart and my motives. When I treasure
what God treasures, I chose the best things.
My prayer is that we will want what God wants and understand what is
best.
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