In this age of instant communication, social sites like Twitter and Facebook are all the rage.  This is due, of course, to the short, quick, and to the point statements that force both writers and readers to think and interpret each other’s thoughts with less information.  I was thinking on this phenomenon and began to wonder if I haven’t seen this before… Then bam!! It hit me.  God has a set of tweets of His own; in a book called Proverbs.  Short, sweet, to the point, but still full of incredible wisdom.  I’ll call them “God Tweets.”

Here are my thoughts on one of them…

Proverbs 28:1
The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one’s after them;
Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions.

• The wicked are edgy…
  • I had a hard time with this one.  I don’t consider myself wicked; I’m a youth pastor for cryin out loud!  But there have been so many times when I have felt “edgy” or uncomfortable with guilt.  And I know I’m not the only one.  You know that feeling you get after you have done something wrong.  Or how about the feeling you get when you know you’re in sin and you have to be around people who you know are spiritual.  You feel like the Holy Spirit might tattle on you or something.   I have been there on many occasions.  So, when I am out of the will of God, I am wicked. Tough conclusion…

• The honest are relaxed, confident, bold…
  • When we honestly walk in the will of God, there is no need for fear.  The lion is a very relaxed animal because it knows it’s the king.  It’s the best – the strongest.  Well, God is the King; He is the best and the strongest.  When we are honest before the Lord in our weakness, He grants us His strength.  You see, many times honesty takes “humility.”  It take the willingness to say that I honestly cannot do this alone. It takes coming to the conclusion that we are wicked.  Yet again, tough conclusion… but honest.

So ask yourself in the quietness of your heart…

Are you edgy?

Are you worried?

Are you ready to run without a pursuer?

Or

Are you relaxed?

Are you confident?

Are you bold?

Are You Being Honest?

This is from my prayer time this morning…

Following Jesus is dangerous.  It can cost you.  It will be difficult.

Jesus warned his early follower of the dangers and hardships they would face.

And still they were willing to go the distance.  They understood what was at stake.  The eternity of those around us litterally hang in the balance and God has called us!

Life is short… very, very short.  We don’t have much time.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. (Heb. 12.1)

But he also gave a promise.

So we all must decide… I mean truly decide… are we up for the challenge.

Time is short and God is calling all thrill seekers, dare devils, and all around just plain crazies to change the world.  Are you ready for some danger?

Father, give us each perseverance to run the race you have before us.

God likes ordinary… ordinary people that is.  Throughout history, God has used very ordinary people to do incredible things.  I find stories of people such as  Abraham, David and Peter as testament to this fact.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 says “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.”

God is the same today as He was then.  He is still in the business of taking regular people and using them the change the world.  Using the unwise to teach the wise; the lowly things to change the great.  God is looking for people just like you and me.

Are you foolish… Are you lowly… Are you weak?  Great!  God’s been looking for you!!