FAITH GIVES THE BELIEVER A WISE HEART

Daniel 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Faith is essentially trusting God's word and his promises. When we truly believe God and His promises it helps us make wise decisions in our life. Faith causes us to seek God's guidance before we make important decisions in our lives.

We live in a society where one in two marriages end in divorce. Many say that it is because divorce is too easy. I think maybe it is because too many enter into marriage without ever seeking God's counsel. Many people spend more time making a decision about buying an automobile than they do in picking a person to spend the rest of their lives with.

We should exercise our faith in God when we make any important decision. Will the outcome glorify God? Is what we want to do in harmony with God's Word? How will what I do effect my testimony? Will my decision draw me closer to God or lead me farther away?

Those are all questions we need to ask, having faith that the decisions God would have us make are the wisest ones. Make wise decisions by having faith in a God who loves you and wants the very best for you.

NOT WELL PLEASED

1 Corinthians 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
This verse is a real attention getter. It is referring to those who died in the wilderness between Egyptian bondage and the promised land. It does not say that God was angry with them. It does not say that they had acquired God's wrath. It simply says that God was not well pleased.
God was not well pleased with them simply because they lacked the faith to trust Him. He had promised to lead them into a land flowing with milk and honey. A land of plenty lay before them for the taking but they did not trust God enough to posses their possessions.
God has promised us an abundant life in Jesus Christ but many of us are still wandering in the wilderness, that place between spiritual bondage and the life God would have us to live. I suspect that there are many of us in whom God is not well pleased. How sad that many die in the wilderness without ever truly enjoying the abundant life in Christ that is available by submitting to Him.