…not necessarily what’s best for ME.

Waiting for the death penalty while shackled to a prison guard wasn’t BEST for Paul.
But it was best for the advancement of the Gospel.
(Philippians 1:12)

Being beat to shreds on a criminal’s cross wasn’t BEST for Jesus.
But it was the only way to procure salvation for those He came to redeem.
(Matthew 26:42)

Ultimately God’s best is what’s best for me.

But in the meantime:
If what’s BEST for the cause of Christ doesn’t happen to be what’s BEST for ME…
am I okay with that?

This morning I read this from one of the Blogs that I read on a regular basis. I wanted to share it with you this morning because it is so true, yet so hard to see, when we are in the middle of the "story" yet when we are able to look back or see things from Gods perspective we can see how God's best is/was God's best. You can check out Pastor Steven Furtick at www.stevenfurtick.com

25:16
¹⁶ If you find honey, eat just enough—
too much of it, and you will vomit.

For some reason this verse really stuck out to me...maybe because it is so practicle...it doesn't seem to be very spiritual. But, this is really good advice!

I wonder at what point in Solomon's life this was written...Maybe he was bent over the "royal thrown" wiping dinner off his face and he yelled out " somebody write this down"

I don't know how it went down...but I do know...I like it. Do you have any thoughts about the Proverbs you read today?

23:6 caught my attention: "the message"

We are going to try something new...Every-once-in-a-while we are going to have a top 10 list...by you...we will ask a question and we want you to give us the list!

So here it is...Make a list of the top 10 things that confuse the heck out of you!