Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Start Time: 5:44 AM

End Time: 6:12 AM

Title: Always Cooking Up Something Nasty

Scriptures: Proverbs 6:12 - 15

God’s Message/Promise/Commands:

Good morning!  Today King Solomon warns us of people who always cook up something nasty.  It's as if they live to be troublemakers and villains in our lives...oh yeah... they exist!  Solomon himself warned us of them.  In fact, we can be one of them too!  So God through King Solomon made sure we don't walk the same path as these troublemakers.  To get a better sense of these people, Solomon gave us specific descriptions about them to warn us to stay away, be ready, and most of all be conscious that we, ourselves, are not becoming one.  Solomon said that they talk out of both sides of their mouths, wink at each other, shuffle their feet, cross their fingers behind their backs...do they sound familiar?  Well, I will admit.  I have had my share of being naughty or nasty...but before you think of anything worst or evil that I have done, know that these are simple things like telling my friends I'm leaving for good and not coming back when the truth is, I was just off to a vacation and will be back after summer.  This may not have that much impact but clearly, I was playing or toying around with their feelings.  And these troublemakers are somewhat like that...they toy with our emotions, telling us one thing but doing something else.  Their minds are perverse and they are always stirring up trouble.  Like for example, I love my puppies but at times, when I give too much attention to one, the other one gets jealous.  And although, I know this to be a fact, sometimes I still do it because it's nice to feel being wanted.  This may not be a real danger but the truth is, I am doing exactly what Solomon is talking about in verses 12-15.  I am stirring up trouble to both my puppies.  So in the end they fight and I am the one ended up breaking the fight.  Sometimes they ran around the house and creating a mess because of that and I end up cleaning after them, which is what Solomon is saying in verse 15, Catastrophe is just around the corner for them, a total smashup, their lives ruined beyond repair... well, my case may not be a total ruin beyond repair but there's consequence and I'm sure you know what I'm trying to say. 

So I guess today, let us be cautious of troublemakers and be conscious of our own behaviors and intentions...because the little nasty things we do, may not do anyone harm today... but it will soon.  Because whatever we sow, we reap.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, amazing King and loving God!  Thank You for reminding me to be careful with these troublemakers in the world.  They exist and I should be careful daily but more than that, I should be careful not to become like them.  All people are capable of being nasty and we all should live to be cautious not to take that path in our lives.  Help me Lord to give love and not cook up something nasty to others.  Help me to focus my abilities and strength to cook up something wonderful and good to others instead.  This is my prayer today.  In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Memory Verse Share for Today:

Proverbs 6:12 - 15

"Riffraff and rascals talk out of both sides of their mouths.  They wink at each other, they shuffle their feet, they cross their fingers behind their backs. Their perverse minds are always cooking up something nasty, always stirring up trouble. Catastrophe is just around the corner for them, a total smashup, their lives ruined beyond repair."

Today, King Solomon warns us of troublemakers or rascals.  They always cook up something nasty and stirring up trouble for others.  Know that their end is just around the corner. Nowadays, it's so easy to be nasty...Pranks and jokes are easily planned in the expense of someone else's feelings, which more often than not, causes trouble in the end. So let us be careful and cautious not to become one ourselves too. 

Have a great morning guys!