Daily Devotional
               Betty Miller shares her daily devotionals which are based on the book of Proverbs in the Bible.   

  The Wisdom of God

Verses for the Day:  

Proverbs 26:1 (KJV):  As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Proverbs 26:1 (AMP): Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a (self confident) fool.

Thoughts for the Day:

This verse from Proverbs tells us that honor bestowed upon a self-confident fool is not fitting. The reason this is true is because  when attention and honor are given to a person who is already prideful, it only causes them to be more prideful and haughty. Just as snow is out of season in summer and not a good thing because the cold will damage the plants, so praise and honor cause a prideful person to cause damage to others. Rain in harvest-time is also unfitting, as it prevents the farmer from being able to harvest his crops. In the book of Isaiah we find a scripture that describes how a fool acts:

Isaiah 32:6: (AMP):                                                                                                                                       For the fool speaks folly and his mind plans iniquity: practicing profane ungodliness and speaking error concerning the Lord, leaving the craving of the hungry unsatisfied and causing the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Someone who is prideful and a fool, is a person who is very selfish, as they only think of themselves. Not only do they practice sin, but they never reach out to the hungry and thirsty. They also will speak against the Lord because they are deceived by their own pride.  Pride is the root of many sins.

Psalm 10:2-4:
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

People who are proud and self-confident have no time for God. In fact, God is not even in their thoughts. They are too busy with accomplishing their own desires, even at the expense of the poor. However, the Bible says that a wicked man will eventually be taken in their own devices. The scripture tells us that we all shall reap what we sow. 

Galatians 6:7-8:
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

If we sow evil things, we shall also reap those things; however, we have a choice, and we can sow good things.  If we reach out to the poor and we help others, then in our hour of need, God will send people to help us.  If we are merciful to people who are unkind to us and sin against us, then God will be merciful to us when we fail Him and sin.  If we give to others and the work of the Lord, then the Lord will cause our finances to be blessed.  If we encourage others, when we need encouragement, others will encourage us. If we humble ourselves, then the Lord will lift us up.  However, if we brag and exalt our own selves, then we shall fall.  We should ask God to help us remain humble and pray for those who are walking in pride.

Prayer for the Day:

Dear Heavenly Father, I love You, Lord and thank You for the many blessings You have bestowed upon me.  Lord, I humble myself before You and ask You to forgive me for demonstrating any pride before men.  I know that I could do nothing without You. You are the One who gives us life and breath, and health and well being.  Without Your touch on my life, I could not do the things that I do every day.  Lord, I bless Your name and worship You! You are a mighty God. Reach out to all of Your children and help us, as we follow in the straight and narrow path of holiness.  I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.