The Greatest Wisdom in this Life is for Christians to Seek God Sincerely and Serve him Faithfully

03 Oct 2026 Leave a comment

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Today’s Scrip-Bit   3 October 2026   Jeremiah 29:13.

Jeremiah 29:13.        And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall  search for me with all your heart.

Oh friends, our first lazy-day Saturday in October has opened somewhat cool but sunshiny and bright! And I’ve enjoyed some of it lazing in bed, that’s why I’m only now doing the Lord’s business, so I can’t complain. (smile) And with the Lord first and foremost in our minds, let’s offer up our Lazy-Day Saturday Prayer in all sincerity and truth.

As one strong and heartfelt voice: ‘Lord, I want to be with You now. Please slow my thoughts and quiet my soul. Let my muscles relax, my breath deepen. You are here with me – Your peace and LOVE are present. I marvel to think You can’t be contained, that Your LOVE both surrounds and fills me. Thank You for this tenderness, Lord. I praise You for Your unceasing nearness. Increase my awareness of You today, that I may know You all the more. Amen!’ 

And we all know that if our prayer was sincere and heartfelt, that the Lord will soon open up His amazing box of blessings and bestow the peace and calm that we asked of Him, a peace and calm that our finite minds cannot comprehend, but can surely appreciate. For the Lord is always ecstatic when His children come to Him seeking greater intimacy. Remember what He said through the prophet Jeremiah: ‘Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto (listen to) you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall  search for me with all your heart.’ (Jer. 29:12-13)

Yes my brethren, that’s what it takes to find the Lord and have Him hear you, then answer your prayer with awesome blessings. You must seek Him with all your heart! That’s the number one requirement! It’s like when the prideful Pharisee lawyer tried to get Jesus into an argument by asking which was the greatest commandment in all the law. Jesus simply answered: ‘Thou shalt LOVE the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt LOVE thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’ (Matt. 22:37-40)

Jesus hit the nail right on the head there, for our number one duty is to LOVE and serve Almighty God with all that we have and are. It’s like Jesus also pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, when teaching about worrying over all the things we need in this life, like food, clothing and shelter: ‘But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.’ (Matt. 6:33)

Oh my people, I don’t know how to make that point any clearer or drive it home any further, but keeping Almighty God first place in our lives is of the utmost importance. And we see the truth of that principle above there being played out in a big way in Cousin Sol’s life, when he became king of Israel after his father Bruh David died, and the Lord asked him what He desired. And what was his reply?

‘And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or to come in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people.’ (1 Kin. 3:7-9)

Yes mih bredrin, Cousin Sol humbled himself and asked for wisdom and understanding to judge God’s people. And what was the Lord’s response? The Bible says: ‘And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.’ (1 Kin. 3:10) Obviously He had first checked out the motives of Cousin Sol’s heart, and finding them to be right, ‘God said unto Him, Because thou asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast thou asked for riches for thyself, nor hast asked for the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgement (justice);

Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither shall any arise like unto thee. And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any (anyone) among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen (prolong) thy days.’ (1 Kin. 3:11-14)

Ah friends that’s the kind of largesse the Lord can and will provide if we sincerely seek Him, keep Him first place, and walk diligently in His ways. He made Cousin Sol both the wisest and richest man ever, because he had a humble heart and did not come seeking the material things of the world, but wisdom and understanding. No wonder Cousin Sol could later write in Proverbs: ‘Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.’ (Prov. 4:7)

Truer words were never spoken my people. Notwithstanding that in Cousin Sol’s later years, he apparently forgot all of that and turned to pagan wives and their gods. Hopefully though, we won’t do like him, but to be on the safe side, let’s use this autumn lazy-day Saturday to consider our personal situations and make the irrevocable decision to stick to Jehovah God, like white on rice, faithfully worshipping Him, and obeying His commandments as best we can, for that’s the wisdom of the ages! Much LOVE!

…the greatest wisdom is…to seek God sincerely…and serve Him faithfully…

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The Importance of Right Living and Asking for Things In the Father’s Will and Word!

11 Apr 2025 Leave a comment

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Matthew 7:7.       Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Oh friends, I’m sorry to say that the sun did not win yesterday’s battle! No sir! By early afternoon the wet snow and rain began and lasted until the middle of the evening, and it was just my luck to get caught out in it as I had to go for some tests. So, you can imagine the driving was not the greatest, with too many of us still rushing and being rather aggressive in our driving attitudes. But that’s the nature of the human animal in these times of speed and now for now desires. 

Sadly too, Friday opened with some big, fat snowdrops falling down, but that has now stopped, so it’s just wet and cloudy with the sun trying to make an appearance. Let’s hope it’s more successful than it was yesterday. But yuh know what? None of that stopped the ‘Thank God it’s Friday!’ prayer from rising up to heaven. Nothing seems to stop that, because we know on the other side is the promise of the weekend, which means a break from the same ole, same ole dreary, ofttimes frustrating weekday lifestyle. 

But here’s some good news from our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. In the latter part of His Sermon on the Mount, He sincerely declares: ‘Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.’ (Matt. 7:7-8) What a glorious, encouraging and assuring scripture that is my people! If we ask, we will receive, if we seek, we will find, and if we knock, doors will be opened to us. It couldn’t get any better than that. 

However, there is one very important proviso to all that;  whatever we ask for must be in agreement with God’s Will and Word, otherwise we’d just be asking for all sorts of wrong, foolish and lustful things! (smile) And there are several scriptures that attest to Jesus words, with a couple more from Him too. In talking to the disciples about His going away (ascension), He informs them: ‘And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.’ (John 14:13-14) 

Then later on, when talking about the vine and the branches, Jesus tells the disciples: ‘If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto (for) you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.’ (John 15:6-8) Please note my brethren that it all depends on Jesus words abiding in us, and we doing His will, and bearing good fruit, so that the Father can be glorified. 

Then there’s this famous passage from James on the subject of asking. He writes: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not (without reproach); and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering (not doubting). For he that wavereth (doubts) is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.’ (James 1:5-8) 

There now, we see the importance of faith and not doubting in asking of the Lord. And possibly the best example of that is when Cousin Sol became king of Israel, and in a vison, the Lord asked him his heart’s desire. We all know his marvellous reply. ‘Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?’ (1 Kin. 3:9) And the Lord was so pleased that he didn’t ask for riches and long life, or the lives of his enemies, that He made him the wisest and richest man ever! That’s what comes from abiding in God’s will and asking for sensible things. (smile) 

Now that doesn’t mean you cannot ask for the desires of your heart, but they must be in line with God’s will. And John, in his first epistle says this about the topic. ‘Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then we have confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him. because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.’ (1 John 3:21-22) That says it loud and clear my brethren! 

And the scholars offer this interesting explanation on those verses. ‘If our heart condemn us not: We have confidence toward God if our lives are in line with the standard of Christian living set forth above (vs.11-20). John is not saying that whether a person is right or wrong is simply a matter of how he subjectively feels about himself. That is why John has given so many indicators and commands for Christians to take note of and assess themselves by. And one of the great results of a life lived in purity before God is a life where there is effective prayer. Right living is an important part of successful living.’ 

Wow! I could not have said it any better my people! Our prayers won’t meet with much success until and unless our daily living is in sync with God’s Word and Will. It’s as simple as that. And we all need daily help to handle the many trials that come our way, so let’s go to the throne of grace, through our Friday Chant, so that we can access divine aid in these turbulent times. Altogether: ‘Oh Lord, thanks for getting me safely through this past week. You know it’s been rough…  because our many serious problems are escalating instead of improving. And it’s obvious we can’t fix them on our own, so Lord, we’re desperately crying out for your help. 

Oh heavenly Father, with your omnipotent help, and our trusting faith, we know that we can stand strong and steadfast and defeat the simmering unrest in our land. We therefore ask you Lord to give our leaders the wise guidance to handle these unexpected storms properly. And please help the rest of us to be responsible and to stay safe amidst all the anxiety and confusion of these ungodly times. 

We fervently pray too Lord that you’ll use the discontent and dissatisfaction in our land as a means of restoring faith in you. Return backsliders to your fold. Show them the error of their ways. And please introduce a new flock of believers, who will embrace your LOVE and compassion by the example, we, your faithful believers set. So that our sinful world can wake up and smell the coffee, wake up and smell it sweet and strong! We pray this in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! Amen!’ 

Now friends, we have offered up our prayer, let’s see to our right living nuh, otherwise no divine aid will be forthcoming. Much LOVE!

…salvation only begins the Christian’s journey…righteous living is what keeps it going…on the straight and narrow path…

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