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Proverbs 1:20.   Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets.
 
Oh Friends, another day has dawned, just as it has done for endless centuries, and will continue to do until our heavenly Father decides otherwise. In the meantime, we must enjoy the benefits we derive from His awesome bounty and walk according to His will. In this technologically superlative age though, we have many voices crying out and shouting at us. The noise, both literal and figurative, from all these voices vying for our attention is very loud and confusing, and oftimes we don’t know which voice(s) to listen to, and sadly end up listening to the wrong one(s). But fortunately our Bit is here to safely guide us to the only correct one of those many voices to listen to. ‘Wisdom crieth without (calls aloud in the streets); she uttereth (raises) her voice in the streets (plazas).’ Yes Friends, the mighty voice of wisdom is certainly calling to all and sundry, in all parts of the world. But what is this wisdom, and where does it come from? Cousin Sol explains it thus: ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy (One) is understanding.’ (Prov.9:10) There we have it my people! True wisdom comes from God, and we don’t even start getting it until we learn how to reverence Him properly, and then keep seeking Him and His Word, so that we can gain true understanding. But foolishly, in this supposedly enlightened age, instead of seeking God and His wisdom, people are turning away from Him, not even paying Him the slightest homage, considering Him an anachronism, with no place in our modern world. But how wrong they are my Friends! For Jehovah God made this world and all therein, and still controls it, though He allows us to do our thing, and will control it till everlasting. So please wake up and smell the roses; realize that our world is steadily going down the drain because we keep believing the lies of Beelzebub rather than the Truth of Jesus. And here is one truth of Jesus that we must believe, to be considered wise. ‘If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly (heart) shall flow rivers of living water.’ (John 7:37-38) Jesus was talking there as our beloved Saviour, whose Holy Spirit would eventually come into each individual believer at Pentecost and dwell with them forever. And Friends, it’s this Holy Spirit which enables us to live a wise and fruitful life in our earthly pilgrimage, not the lies and deceits of the enemy. Look at what’s happening to our world because the majority of its populace has embraced the evil, lying, erroneous ways of Lucifer, instead of the Truth of Jesus. And sadly, long before Jesus came to earth, the Lord’s been offering drink to the thirsty and food to the hungry, for free to boot. But we’ve refused to accept it. Listen to Isaiah tell it: ‘Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness (abundance). Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.’ (Is.55:1-3) But did they accept God’s wonderful offer back then? No. And today, when we have an even better offer through the sacrifice of Jesus, we still aren’t accepting God’s free offer. Oh Friends, has Lucifer ever offered anything freely? Not on your life! You have to sell your soul to him first. But yet we quickly run to accept his offer of fake stuff and destructible material possessions. Oh my people why can’t we understand that Lucifer is a greedy taker, while the Lord God Jehovah is a generous giver? And please remember that all the material possessions we’re selling our souls to have will eventually wear out and rust, just like our earthly bodies. And what will we do then, when it returns to the dust from which it was created? What of the spiritual being that dwells within our fleshly bodies? Now that’s where the true wisdom of the Holy Spirit shines forth. The wisdom of the world isn’t concerned with the spirit of man, but the Holy Spirit considers it our most important aspect. And since that Holy Spirit comes from our God and Creator, I tend to believe that’s the right path for the truly wise to take. I don’t know if the Lord was right to give us the ability to make choices, since so many of us make so many wrong ones everyday to our detriment. However, as the Good Book has so clearly shown, in so many instances, when mankind lives by the laws of God, he prospers, and when He doesn’t, he falls on very hard and sorrowful times. Unfortunately, we all have to make a conscious choice to follow either Lucifer or Jesus. I don’t know about you all Friends, but as for me and mine, we’re definitely following Jesus! That’s true wisdom! Much LOVE!…whom would you rather follow…the Creator…or the interloper…