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Depending upon His intelligence and wisdom always
One of the things that has often beaten the men and women down is their own cleverness and intelligence, it has for sure been used to make mighty inventions, however the God given intelligence has also been used to scheme and plot against people and sometimes even against God.
“This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.”
John 8:6 NKJV
The above was one of the attempts of the religious leaders at the time of Jesus to wrongly accuse Jesus; however here are few words of comparison between man’s intelligence and God’s intelligence:
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.”
1 Corinthians 1:25 NKJV
“There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.”
Proverbs 21:30 NKJV
How does God look upon such a rebellion from men?
“Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
“Let us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.”
Psalms 2:1-4 NKJV
A few examples of people who thought they were super intelligent and thus could cheat or supersede anyone:
1. Rebekah: Helped her younger son Jacob to shrewdly receive a blessing from the father, however eventually had to send him away to her brother Laban’s place and never met him again.
2. Jacob: deceived his Father, his brother, his uncle and eventually had to be broken down by God at the brook Jabbok to receive a new identity from God.
3. Haman: plotted against God’s servant Mordecai however was hanged at the same gallows he had built to kill Mordecai.
4. Ministers at the Babylonian court: Plotted against Daniel to catch him in his prayer time, to them Daniel seemed to be a fool to ignore their trap and fall in for prayer, however God honored Daniel and they who plotted against him were thrown along with their families into the lion’s den.
There are many more such examples in the Bible and in our day to day life.
What should we do then? What is required of us?
This is what the Lord requires us to do:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV
Let’s depend on God in prayer with all humility and He will lift us up in the right time.
There may be some who would scheme against us, however if we depend upon God, He will never let us be ashamed, for He cares for us and loves us the best.
God Bless,
Abraham
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