Daily Huddle - Wed Aug 12, 2020 Straight

Love you all, praying for you,
 
I just love God’s Word.  One of the Books I love the most is Proverbs.  You can learn wonderful things through stories, some books of the Bible give stories.  Not only can you glean principles, but you can see how to implement them, and the result that follows, through stories.  But sometimes it’s good to just get it straight.  Right between the eyes. That’s what Proverbs does.  Straight wisdom, no chaser.  Mic Drop.  You can do it, or ignore it – at your own income or expense. Proverbs 12:1 – Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.  Wisdom isn’t wordy, it doesn't flatter you.  It’s more like a 2x4 than spaghetti.  It will tell it to you straight.  Here's what God says:  You can’t have wisdom and knowledge without discipline and correction.  If you hate correction (which means to despise, have little use for, ignore, place little value on) you won’t walk in wisdom or knowledge – you can’t.  All you can do is walk in false wisdom.  That which is assumed to be knowledge, the wisdom of the world – is foolishness in the eyes of God - compared to God’s true wisdom.  True knowledge comes first and only through knowledge of the Holy One.  He holds all wisdom and knowledge and understanding – and gives it to those who will listen.  That’s why PRISM is so important.  It opens your eyes, removes blinders, gives discernment, and protects you from deception.  Correction sometimes doesn’t come unless you seek it.  Do you hate correction or love and desire and invite it?  Why wait for punitive correction?  Why not seek ongoing correction - so you only need adjustments instead of reversals.  If you’re not seeking correction, you don’t really love it.  If you’re not open to it, welcoming it, you really don’t value it that much.  You cannot say you love wisdom and you love knowledge without loving discipline.  To love someone is to be with them all the time, in mind if not body…  To love something is to do it continually whether running, or drinking coffee, those who love it do it every day.  Discipline is not just correction or a change of course – discipline is ongoing establishment in the right course.  Permanence in the patterns that lead to righteousness.  Only God is righteous, so any pattern that helps you hear from Him is the discipline that loves wisdom and knowledge.  So what patterns has God called you to?  What patterns help you to seek Him and His will for you – and find Him?  Do you love them, or do you easily fall out of rhythm?  You can also easily come back – just make the adjustment, so you don’t need to make a reversal.  Praying that PiVAT and PRISM is your discipline -  to know His heart and get His plans - a friend today said, Taking the time to do in-depth PRISM - "That's how I get my next footstep in my thoughts and time."  Praying that your Daily Call – that overcoming testimony – establishes your overcoming!  God promised it would.  Praying that 4C’s has you knowing and doing what God tells you financially – so you walk in freedom, never bondage.  And praying one more thing for you... that you will seek correction – before God has to send it.  Praying that you might ask one friend today – maybe your spouse or a sibling or any obeyer that knows you - that you trust… if God would have any correction or adjustment that He might lead them to share with you.  Not opinions or projection, only what the Holy Spirit would prompt them to share.  If you love the adjustments, and love the patterns - your consistency will grow and the fruit of God’s will for you is always His best! 
 
Love you all,
dad