Keep things in perspective (Proverbs 23:17-18)
Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer
Carey Green
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🗓️ 12 September 2022
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Today's Scripture:
PROVERBS 23:17-18 Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day; 18 For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, my friends. This is the morning mindset in case you didn't know. This is where |
| 0:10.0 | we come together every day as believers in Jesus Christ to get our minds aligned with the |
| 0:14.7 | truth of God. I'm thankful that you're here. I'm hopeful that you're ready to get your |
| 0:19.1 | mind and your heart aligned with God's truth so that you can live this day for His glory |
| 0:25.1 | and for His sake. Let's not think about tomorrow and the day after that. Let's think about |
| 0:29.4 | this day. We have a lot before us. Let's get started. Proverbs 23, 17 through 18 is what we're |
| 0:36.0 | going to be looking at today. And it's titled this morning, Keep Things in Perspective. Now what is |
| 0:42.9 | perspective? Perspective is what enables us to see the importance of things as compared to one |
| 0:50.2 | another. Correct? We're able to see what's more important, what's less important, and how to |
| 0:55.2 | order and prioritize those things. That is a vital skill for us to have. And Proverbs 23, 17 through 18 |
| 1:02.5 | is teaching us one of the things we need to have in mind in keeping things in perspective. He says, |
| 1:09.7 | Do not let your heart envy sinners. Now why is that a warning? I mean, why is he guiding us to |
| 1:17.7 | understand that this is something to be avoided? What's because we often can see what's going on in |
| 1:24.1 | the life of someone who is doing wrong things and think, Man, they're having all the fun or they're |
| 1:32.4 | doing that and there's no consequence. So why couldn't I do that? Do you see how there's this subtle |
| 1:38.4 | deception that's going on? The focus is no longer on whether the action that's being done is sinful |
| 1:45.9 | or not, whether it's honoring to God or not. The focus is now on the benefit that's coming from that |
| 1:51.9 | action. And is that benefit something I want or not? That's why Solomon uses the word envy. Do |
| 1:58.4 | not let your heart envy sinners. You see, we're not to want the result they're getting because the |
| 2:04.3 | action that they're using to get that result is not a righteous action. We see that in the next |
| 2:09.7 | phrase where he says, But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day. So instead of wanting |
| 2:17.5 | what seems to be the result of that sinner's actions, we're to be zealous for the fear of the Lord |
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