Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Start Time: 6:02 AM

End Time: 6:40 AM

Title: The Voice Of a Wise Mother

Scriptures: Proverbs 31:8-9

God’s Message/Promise/Commands:

Amazing day with Jesus!  Proverbs 31:8-9 says...

8 Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Help people who are in trouble. 9 Stand up for what you know is right, and judge all people fairly. Protect the rights of the poor and those who need help.

The Bible tells us that these wise words came from the Mother of Lemuel and upon checking further, Lemuel means one that belongs to God so He is somehow referred to King Solomon.  So if that's true, then these wise words could have come from Bathsheeba, the woman that David coveted and killed for.  If you read proverbs 31 from verse 1 to 9, you would see that this mother is speaking to a grown son and not a child anymore.  She advised him not to waste himself on women and drinks.  But I want to focus on what she told her son on what to do. She said...

1) speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves - to do this, we need to learn to listen

2) Help/Protect the rights of the poor and those who need help - we need to have the strength and resources to do this

3) Stand up for what you know is right and judge all fairly - we need to know God because He is the foundation of what is right and moral.

Her words portrayed what a King should be but her words can also be applied to anyone who is in the position of authority, whether a boss, a president, or an older brother/sister, etc. So in short, anyone of us.  So let's keep ourselves in check...have we done what we ought to do as a person in authority?

Happy Tuesday!

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank You for a wonderful message.  Wise words from a mother who knows better than her son.  Thank You that despite the absence of my Mother, I learned from wise Mothers like Bathsheeba, on how to live right and pleasing before You.  Give me the strength to apply and really understand these words Lord that I may live it in my life.  Give me the wisdom to do what You say I should do.  In Jesus' Name, Amen!