Proverbs 20:14 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God says..

““It is good for nothing,” cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.” (Proverbs 20:14 NKJV)

This states a fact, most people like to get an edge over another. The seller hypes his product even to the extent of using deceptive measures. And the buyer understates as best he could to wrestle a bargain. Then, when he gets it, he brags his exploits. This seems to be the norm everywhere you go. This brings to mind the picture of a wealthy man in a limo drawing a hard bargain over a peddler on push cart trying to make a living of his meager produce.

Everyone assumes everybody is unfair or just simply selfish. So, they wrangle hard to cut each other down to take something, instead of extending a blessing. This makes us think life isn't fair. Well, we are in the world! Who finds fairness in the world?

Yes, we are in the world. But, as children of God in Christ, we are not of the world (John 17:14). We are citizens of heaven (Philippians 3:20). We are here as sojourners (Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 2:11). We are just passing through on our way to our kingdom of citizenship. We are set for the kingdom of our Father which is in heaven, we being His children by grace through faith in Jesus (Galatians 3:26-29).

Being heaven's own, we are to behave like one. We are to pattern our living the kingdom way, while we wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ who will receive us unto Him (John 14:3). Apostle Paul warns us earnestly with these words: "Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”(1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NLT)

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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