Wise Up about Your Life

What the Bible says about Making Life Good- part 3

One road, the wise road, makes you fruitful, prosperous, and flourish (does not wither). The other does not.
Aahhh the wisdom of our mothers!

My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION...
"Just wait until your father gets home."
My Mother taught me LOGIC...
"If you fall out off that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE...
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."
My Mother taught me about GENETICS...
"You're just like your father."
My Mother taught me about my ROOTS...
"Do you think you were born in a barn?"
And last but not least...
My Mother taught me about JUSTICE...
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you....Then you'll see what it's like!"
Having wisdom is being on the right road, not the wrong road. It is not enough just to know there are two different roads in life. You must get started by walking down that road. But how can I detect the wise road? How do I know? Good question. Here's something from the Bible….
"The fear of the Lord teaches man wisdom and humility comes before honor." (Proverbs 15:33 NIV)

See that? The fear of the Lord is a great asset. It will help you understand which is the wise road and which is not. I know, I can hear people say, "yeah, yeah but good guys finish last." No they don't!
"The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honor and life." (Proverbs 22:4)
The man, woman, family, or institution that choose to humble themselves and fear the Lord will eventually receive resources, respect, and refreshing. Arrogance and pride lead to destruction:
Soon after Saddam Hussein's capture (out of an eight-foot hole that one observer said was filled with rats and mice) he was flown to a secret location for a meeting with four members of Iraq's Governing Council. They wanted to confirm that it was indeed Saddam Hussein. When the men were offered the chance to see Saddam through a window or by camera, they said, "No, we want to talk to him."
Despite his condition, Saddam was defiant and unrepentant. Ahmad Chalabi, the head of the Iraqi National Congress, said: "He was quite lucid. He had command of his faculties. He would not apologize to the Iraqi people. He did not deny any of the crimes he was confronted with having done. He tried to justify them."
"The world is crazy," said Mowaffak al-Rubaie, one of the council members in the room. "I was in his torture chamber in 1979, and now he was sitting there powerless in front of me without anybody stopping me from doing anything to him, just imagine. We were arguing, and he was using very foul language."
The four men spent about 30 minutes in the small room, confronting Saddam with his crimes. As they left, Mr. Rubaie delivered these final words to the former dictator: "May God curse you. Tell me, when are you going to be accountable to God and the Day of Judgment? What are you going to tell him about Halabja and the mass graves, the Iran-Iraq war, thousands and thousands executed? What are you going to tell God?"
Saddam answered using foul language.
It is pay day for Saddam. The fear of the Lord is just that---knowing there are consequences for my actions. Anyone who tells you different is selling something. Don't buy it! Now we have not done the things that Saddam has done, but our words to loved ones, our irresponsibility, our giving into to our carnal nature, all bring about bad results. We all will experience pay day some day.
"But I have already enough done things to mess up two lives!" you say. Thank God for His mercy. You can exit the wrong road and get on the wise road by appealing to God for His mercy and He will set you back on your feet with facing the right road!
"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." (Hebrews 4:16 NIV)