“For whoso findeth me (wisdom) findeth life, and shall obtain favor from the Lord.”
All of us like to think that we live in wisdom, and we need to make sure that we are. I can only speak for myself, but looking back I can remember things that didn’t come of wisdom – come on you know what I mean. If we want to find the favor of the Lord, we need to seek His wisdom and base our lives on it. This is why I am asking you to do yourself a favor and live the best life possible. You have probably already guessed that I am about to share with you what I think that means. Do yourself a favor and make sure that what you do in your life is serving God’s purposes. The problem that a lot people have is that there is no great purpose in their lives, and there are others that their purpose is destructive to themselves and to others. I am glad that God called me to preach, because this gave me a great purpose in life from the start. But I have to admit that even in that great purpose I have found myself drifting from His real purposes. These were not happy times in my life, and I’m sure that they are not in your life either. I don’t mean to leave the impression that you have to be a preacher to serve God’s purpose in your life. God brings great purpose into every life that He touches. I think that Romans 8:28 applies to this idea: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to God’s purpose.” I have not written about specific purposes, because God’s purpose for you is between God and you. Do yourself a favor and make it a purpose of your life to pursue those things that will make your life better. I can think of no better place to go than Philippians 4:8 to find virtues that will make your life better and that will make you a better person: “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” There is no better advice anywhere to make your life better than these six virtues. There are all kinds of solutions about how to have a better life today, but I challenge anyone who would say that these virtues would not lead to a better life. Paul wrote these words to lead the Philippian Christians to become better people in order to be better witnesses to the fallen world in which they lived. We still live in a fallen world and we need such Christian virtues to make us better witnesses. Do yourself a favor and purge those things from your life that you know are keeping you from being as close to God as you can. I can’t tell you what you need to purge from your life, because that is a personal decision, but I can promise you that the Lord will hear your prayers and will help you get rid of those things that you need to shed. Paul gave advice on this point in 1 Corinthians 5:7: “Purge out therefore the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened…” The "leaven" referred to here is anything that you know is holding back your Christian growth. Do yourself a favor and do the things that you need to do tp grow in Christ. The three points above should give you a good start. Bro. Joe
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