Proverbs 25:27 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search their own glory is not glory.” (Proverbs 25:27 KJV)

Glory seeking is what this illustration about. Yes, this is about pursuit of the valued commodities of the world - fame, prestige, power and wealth. And, here is a person seeking to make a big splash of it. He or she is one who seeks any kind of advance, promotion, or advantage that would draw attention to self. It is likened to eating too much honey. It makes you sick.

Anyone, when not standing on right footing, to some degree desires these worldly staples. This passage cautions to look in our hearts and reevaluate our values. We are to keep tabs on it to ensure we are not 'eating too much honey' - so full of ourselves. We look to the TRUE glory from above. Let God's Word keep us in-check. Lord Jesus said: “How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?”(John 5:44 NIV)

A truly honorable person doesn’t SEEK honor from men and the world. Rather, he or she just simply lives an honorable life. He or she is guided by the Word of the Lord. “For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (Luke 14:11 NLT)

As children of God in Christ by faith, we are to be always mindful to operate outside the world's WIFI signal. And, have this rooted in our hearts: “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (Philippians 2:3-8 ESV)

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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