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 31:25-26 (KJV):
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Proverbs 31:25-26 (AMP):
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure; she rejoices over the future (the latter day or time to come, knowing that she and her family are in readiness for it)!
26 She opens her mouth in skillful and godly Wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness (giving counsel and instruction).

Thoughts for the Day:

These verses from Proverbs continue to give us a description of the virtuous woman and we see she is a woman of strength and honor, and is well-prepared for the future. She also is a woman of wisdom and speaks kindly to others. Where does this woman receive her strength and honor?  It is from the Lord God. When a person is strong in the Lord, they will also be honorable and receive honor.

Psalm 18:31-33:
31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

The Lord gives us feet like the deer who can leap and gain access to the high places in the mountains. This makes our position strong and secure. Preparation for the future is something that also makes our position strong and secure. People who do no emergency planning and who do not save for the future are vulnerable when they are faced with trials and tribulations. There is a scripture that warns us about this.

Proverbs 22:3-4:
3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

If we humble ourselves, and reverently worship and follow God, we not only will escape destruction, we shall be rewarded with riches, honor and life.  God wants to bless us, and if we follow in His ways, He will take care of us and honor us with long life.  

Proverbs 31:26 tells us that the virtuous woman is a woman of wisdom, so she will do the things today that will make her family's tomorrows easier.  She thinks about the days ahead when her children will need funds for their schooling, when her daughters will need a dowry, and when she will be older and need extra funds to take care of her needs in her later years. All of these things take prudent and wise planning. She is like the ant who stores up in favorable weather, so that when winter comes, there is a store of food for daily provision. She will also listen for the Lord's voice in guidance, so that she can avert any danger that she might not know about that is ahead.

She is also a kind woman who gives counsel and instruction to others in order to help them. Since she is a woman of character, she is able to help others grow in the knowledge of Christ. In the scripture below, we are told that we have been given great and precious promises, and through those promises, we are to grow in the grace of God by adding to our faith, virtue, and to virtue, knowledge, and to knowledge, temperance, and to temperance, patience, and to patience, godliness, and to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, charity (love). If we abound in these things, then we are told that we shall always be fruitful in the things of God.

2 Peter 1:4-8:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Prayer for the Day:

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for the strength we have in You, so that we are able to do all things that You ask us to do.  Lord, may we grow in the character of God, so that we are fruitful in the things of God.  Lord, I thank You for Your guidance, so that we will make the right choices today, in order to avoid those things that would cause us to have future problems.  I also thank You for daily provision, as well as provision for the future.  Give me wisdom, so that I may take care of the things today that will bring me future security and blessing. I do appreciate Your promises and I know that You will never forsake me, nor leave me. Thank You for that. I pray in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.