What should we do so that we can get life?
This question looks like something antic. Nonetheless, most of the people doesn’t live. Simply pass through the life without living it, as if the life was an obligation.
But, how to sort out this problem?
Well, the Creator give us, every day, our “bread of each day” while we sleep (Ps 127:2). So, instead of keeping focus on the future (on the things that your soul desire and still doesn’t have), make the best from what you are and have, and of what Jesus impart you today.
Perhaps, what it came in your hands isn’t exactly what you expected. Many times, we can’t figure out the things that we receive from Jesus now. These things look bootless or harmful and painful. Nonetheless, all of these things will be beneficial in the future. Keep all of them with care and gratitude and, at the right moment, the Holy Spirit will teach you how to make good use of them.
Hence the importance of the prayer: it is through it that we will be able to procure such wisdom. That’s why it is written:
• Pro 19:8 -> “He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.”.
• Pro 3:21,22 -> “My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.”.
Jesus, the true wisdom of the Creator (Col 2:3), says:
• Pro 8:35,36 -> “For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.”.
• Pro 22:17,18 -> “Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.”.
Knowing what Jesus already prepared for us (1Cor 2:9) and granted us (Eph 1:3; 2Pe 1:3) will allow us to preserve our life to the eternal life:
• Joh 12:25 -> “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”.
Nonetheless, have wisdom without love can be harmful:
• 1Co 8:1 -> “Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.”.
• Pro 17:16 -> “Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?”.
Thus, behave…
• 1Pe 4:2-4 -> “so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;”.
Instead of fixing your eyes in getting what people expect from you (chiefly money), follow Jesus’ and Peter’s advice:
• Joh 6:27 -> “Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”.
• 1Pe 3:10-12 -> “For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.”.
So, have a good day handling all situation in a wisely way:
• Pro 16:20 -> “He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.”.
This question looks like something antic. Nonetheless, most of the people doesn’t live. Simply pass through the life without living it, as if the life was an obligation.
But, how to sort out this problem?
Well, the Creator give us, every day, our “bread of each day” while we sleep (Ps 127:2). So, instead of keeping focus on the future (on the things that your soul desire and still doesn’t have), make the best from what you are and have, and of what Jesus impart you today.
Perhaps, what it came in your hands isn’t exactly what you expected. Many times, we can’t figure out the things that we receive from Jesus now. These things look bootless or harmful and painful. Nonetheless, all of these things will be beneficial in the future. Keep all of them with care and gratitude and, at the right moment, the Holy Spirit will teach you how to make good use of them.
Hence the importance of the prayer: it is through it that we will be able to procure such wisdom. That’s why it is written:
• Pro 19:8 -> “He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.”.
• Pro 3:21,22 -> “My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.”.
Jesus, the true wisdom of the Creator (Col 2:3), says:
• Pro 8:35,36 -> “For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.”.
• Pro 22:17,18 -> “Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.”.
Knowing what Jesus already prepared for us (1Cor 2:9) and granted us (Eph 1:3; 2Pe 1:3) will allow us to preserve our life to the eternal life:
• Joh 12:25 -> “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”.
Nonetheless, have wisdom without love can be harmful:
• 1Co 8:1 -> “Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up.”.
• Pro 17:16 -> “Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?”.
Thus, behave…
• 1Pe 4:2-4 -> “so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;”.
Instead of fixing your eyes in getting what people expect from you (chiefly money), follow Jesus’ and Peter’s advice:
• Joh 6:27 -> “Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”.
• 1Pe 3:10-12 -> “For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.”.
So, have a good day handling all situation in a wisely way:
• Pro 16:20 -> “He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.”.