Dr. Solomon

CONCLUSION

This week I met with a man to talk some business about our church (Bob Shelton). We went to have lunch and he wanted to drive though he didn’t know the town. I told him where to turn and what lane to get in. You’ve done that for visitors. He followed my directions and we got to the restaurant and back safely, and had good time.

There is Someone who knows how to direct you safely through this life. It doesn’t mean that there won’t be some trials along the way, but you will know the blessing of God on your life. Be guided to His wisdom, be reverent of God, be submissive to His loving instruction and be warned against sinners. As John the apostle says repeatedly, “Let he who has ears, hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

PRAYER

Jesus, you are the One greater than Solomon. You modeled the wise Son that listened to and obeyed the heavenly Father. For those who are Christians that same Spirit of obedience lives within us. Make us wise. Give us a submissive spirit to You and fill us with your wisdom.

Holy Spirit, may those without Christ see their need and wisely embrace Him in faith. I pray they will hear You more surely than they hear my voice, and wisely they will obey.

INVITATION

Can you imagine the shock of the emergency personnel who rushed to the ambulance at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston? The fellow on the stretcher was an Egyptian that lived sometime during the days of Jeremiah in 600 B.C.

This guy had lain in quiet repose in his exquisite, gilded case in the Boston Museum since 1872. No one had seen his body since his embalmer. But this hospital would see him as no other human being saw him. It has a computerized X-ray machine.

They learned this man had strong, calcium-rich bones and a full set of solid, large teeth. He was about 30 when he died.

The muscles on his right side indicate he was right-handed. A spinal abnormality indicated he suffered from a ruptured disc.

It’s amazing what man can see from a man’s past, but imagine how much more the Lord knows about us. He knows what we truly prize. He knows if we truly fear Him. He knows if we are submissive to His loving instruction. He knows whom we are fellowshipping with.

Does that unsettle you, or does it comfort you? Let’s be honest this morning and confess we need the Lord and His wisdom. Come to receive Him as Savior. Come obeying His will that you be a part of a Christian fellowship. That will be the wisest decision you’ve made in a long time.