Let's Go To School

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction." (Proverbs 1:7)

 Where I am, here in Iowa, school started this week. Let's offer a prayer, for all the young people, teachers & staff, who will begin school this week!.

To gain much, in the area of learning, means that there must be a submissive attitude. A submissive attitude, leads to an open mind, and heart. To be willing to take in what you see, and hear, and apply it to one's life, is the beginning of the development of productivity, in one's life.

That's is the way it must be in our spiritual life. As our text says: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." We are not going to mature, in our Christian walk, if we don't first, fear the Lord, and allow Him to teach us, what He wants us be and to do. Spiritual knowledge will not come, if there is a wall of pride, and apathy, standing in the way.

There are many people who feel that they have it all figured out.
They do more talking, then listening. There are those who don't believe God exists, and secondly, if He does, He has nothing to say, to better their lives. Talk about delusions!

The state of our society tells me, we have a lot to learn from God.
And it's time that we go to God's school, and get the instruction we need! GP

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That Which Is Within

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day." > "...that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man." (2 Corinthians 4:16, Ephesians 3:16) 

We are not what we appear to be. We are spirit, soul, and body. (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

The Apostle Paul writes about the "outward man" perishing, but the "inward man is being renewed day by day." To try to explain all this in a short time, would be very difficult. I don't know if I could explain it, even if I had all the time in the world. But my belief is that according to what the Apostle Paul teaches here: Our soul is the heart of the spiritual part of us. That inner part, that through the help of the Holy Spirit, can make a connection with God, and can be "renewed day by day." 

The spirit is our spiritual body, as we have a physical body. As we move, and have our being, our spiritual body moves with us. And this spiritual body, where the soul is at the heart, will someday, go to be with the Lord, for eternity. (John 14:1-3)

We are to take seriously, that which is within us, and make sure that this part of us, is as healthy as it can be. Through our feeding upon the Word of God, and the fellowship through prayer, we will keep the inner person spiritually healthy and strengthened, the further we go along our spiritual journey! GP

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