Proverbs 14:14 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God says...

“The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied from above.” (Proverbs 14:14 NKJV)

He puts us in the know who a backslider is. He is a person who knew God and His goodness. He's been given the knowledge of God's ways and will. But, he continues to follow his own ways, rejecting God's promptings. He is like the man who falls down a cliff, ends up hanging holding on to a tree-branch. He calls God for help. When God answered and told him to release the branch. He still continues to cry, HEEELPPP!!!

A backslider is so demanding both from God and from people around him to meet his wants according to his wishes. He bosses them around and agitates them. He uses arm twisting, on those who he can get hold, to do his whims as he sees fits to his desire. He is panicky, impatient and restless. He doesn't listen. He doesn't wait on God. He expects to be served at the flick of his finger. He won't give up his cares to God, even at knowing that God is in the best vantage view to see and provide what's best for him. He doesn't follow what God says. He holds on to his tree-branch!

He is an exact contrast from the good man, who also knows God, but unlike the backslider, he relies fully for his help to come from above. Not from his own or anywhere else. When he surrenders his cares to God, he doesn't take it back. He stops, looks up, listens up and rests to allow God to work on his behalf. Not according to his wish, but according to God's will. He recognizes that surely God have ways different, but better than what he perceives. A good man of God just simply, but humbly comes to Jesus and fully surrenders to Him.

Yes, when we truly come to Jesus, rest in His grace by faith, like the good man, He gives us this promise: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]" (Matthew 11:28 AMP)

When we take over from God, like a backslider, matters we are not designed to handle, we struggle. We are to learn how to be still and be at rest. Give God space to work on our issues. Let the silt of our troubles settle down. Then we will witness in the supernatural work of God to perfect those that concerns us. Let's listen to the psalmist when he declares: 'He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; .” (Psalm 46:10a NIV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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