Verse of the Day - Proverbs 16:20

Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
~ Proverbs 16:20 (NIV)

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Have you ever known someone who simply won't ask for or take any help for a project, such as a model airplane or a jigsaw puzzle? "I can do it myself, thank you very much!" is their reply, while the instruction booklet and tiny pieces and parts are strewn all over the floor. Several hours later you come back to find this person is no where to be found and either the pieces and parts are still lying there with forlorn looks on their faces, or they've been shoved back into the box, perhaps never to be seen or heard from again. Poor little pieces and parts... :-(

People who won't heed instruction consider themselves to be "self-made", but unfortunately what they make sometimes is a flop. None of us is all-knowing, and I think we're wired to glean from each other. More importantly, we're wired to glean from God.

If not taking instructions is bad, getting instructions from the wrong place is almost as bad, if not worse. Can you imagine what your model airplane would look like if the instructions were in a language you didn't speak, or if you let your 3-year old tell you how it goes together? All I can say is that it's a good thing it's just a model, and not a real plane. I wouldn't be buying a ticket to fly in that thing!

God's word says that we need to 1) be willing to accept instruction for our life, and 2) we need to go to the right source for that instruction. God says we are blessed when we go to Him and trust His instruction. He is the keeper of all wisdom, knowledge and understanding -- He's the Master of all instruction booklets! Do you believe that?

If you feel as if your life is just a bunch of pieces and parts all over the floor of your world, choose to humble yourself before God, acknowledging that you can't figure out how to put yourself together, and then trust Him to give you the wisdom, knowledge and understanding you need to move forward in turning pieces and parts into something functional that makes sense.

(BTW, you may think your pieces and parts will end up being a model airplane, but God may decide that they make a better race car! Don't try to limit what God is doing -- He just chuckles when we try to put Him in a box. :-)

Love,
Joelene