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How Do We Make Godly Decisions? – Study of Proverbs 12:9 Popularity or Prosperity

In Advice, Attitude, Behavior, Bible Study, Biblical Principles, Change, Choices, Christian Lifestyle, Christian Living, Decision Making, Decisions, Devotional, Godliness, Godly Counsel, Guidance, Honor, Humility, Lifestyle, Pride, Proverbs, Renewal, Righteous, Righteous Living, Righteousness, Uncategorized on January 8, 2024 at 4:19 pm

The Scripture passages are identified with bold upright font and the author’s notes are identified with italic regular font.

Note – All words or phrases found in quotation marks are actual parts of the Hebrew or Greek definition(s).

9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Popularity or Prosperity

This is a very interesting verse that seems somewhat out of place, but we know with the Word of God there is no such thing.

First, it must be pointed out that in the Hebrew definition of the word “despised” there is an implied meaning and a figurative meaning. The word means both to be a person who is “light and in rapid motion” and also a person “held in contempt” who “seems vile” to other people. A godly person would fit both of those categories.

A godly person is going to be a “light” to the world around them. They are also going to be a person who is “in rapid motion” working to care for their family. They are not going to be lazy or a slacker. Being both a “light” in a dark world and a person “in rapid motion” to provide for your family will make you “despised” by a world growing more and more evil and distorted each day. However, it will also cause the blessings of God to rain down on you where you do not lack for the important things in life and may well also prosper to the point where having a “servant” is a part of your life.

This is a far better life than the “entitled person” who thinks life owes them, without their doing much of anything – the self-important person – those who “honoureth” themselves, usually because no one else does or should for that matter. These people lack for almost everything in life including “bread” or food to eat.

Haughtiness, pride, is a horrible sin that God absolutely hates. Many believe pride to be the very first sin, and it was in a way. Pride can typically be found at the root of every sin or every problem with other people in life. Test this theory and see if after you peel away all the various layers at the core of the issue if pride cannot be found.

Humility, God and godliness is the better choice in every circumstance over Haughtiness, Satan, and sin. Your life will be better the quicker you realize this in life.

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Spiritual/Political Disclaimer:

This blog will not be for the faint of heart or the easily offended. It will not be in any way politically correct. It will make every effort to share the truth in love, [Ephesians 4:11-16], to a decaying and dying society and church. I share what I share not to hurt, harm, or offend any person[s] or group; I do it because Christ’s Standard and Truth is not being represented by enough of His Followers, and I do it out of love. I love enough to tell His Truth.

Ephesians 4:11-16 NKJV

11And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

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Self-esteem

In attention, celebrity, Humility, low self-esteem, Pride, Proverbs, self-esteem on October 23, 2022 at 5:04 pm

I will most likely expound upon and expand this posting in the days to come. However, for now I want to propose some food for thought.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 22:4

By humility and the fear of the Lord

Are riches and honor and life.

I heard a lot of opinions about self-esteem this weekend. What if I were to tell you that low self-esteem or self-esteem issues are actually a form of pride? Psychology has a lot to say about self-esteem, but my question is being posed from a biblical worldview not a secular worldview. From a biblical perspective, can you see how low self-esteem is tied to pride?

Pride goes before a fall. When a person has self-esteem issues or low self-esteem they are continually faltering or failing, they are falling in whatever it is they are trying to do. One would say it was because they lacked confidence, their struggles with their self-esteem cause them to fail. I would say their pride causes them to fail.

Low self-esteem is a form of reverse pride. The focus is still entirely on oneself when someone is spending their time struggling and wrestling with their own self-worth, their on abilities, their own intellect, their on appearance, their own gifts and/or talents, whatever it might be… it is still ALL about them.

We live in a society that focuses far too much on what is right with themselves and what is wrong with themselves. Our whole society borders on being narcissistic. Selfies and sharing where you’re going, what you’re doing, what you’re eating… no one really cares. However, we live in a society where pride is so prevalent that people actually believe everybody cares about all this and that somehow having x number of followers on Twitter makes them a celebrity. For that matter a society who believes being a celebrity is actually a good thing. If you have ever lived in a fishbowl, you would think otherwise.

Attention, attention, attention, people want attention. The struggle with low self-esteem and self-esteem issues is still just another way to obtain attention.

Get past yourself, get your focus on God, your Savior Jesus, get your focus on others, stop worrying about what you can and cannot do or what you can or cannot be and do what God puts before you to do and be what God created you to be.

True humility is when we think no more or no less of ourselves than God does.

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This blog will not be for the faint of heart or the easily offended. It will not be in any way politically correct. It will make every effort to share the truth in love, [Ephesians 4:11-16], to a decaying and dying society and church. I share what I share not to hurt, harm, or offend any person[s] or group; I do it because Christ’s Standard and Truth is not being represented by enough of His Followers, and I do it out of love. I love enough to tell His Truth.

Ephesians 4:11-16 NKJV

11And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.