Being Successful Wisdom Regarding Riddles The Right Standard and Attitude

Being Successful

Wisdom Regarding Riddles

The Right Standard and Attitude

What dial guides your life?

To solve the riddles of life do you have a Moral compass

Or, are you spinning the dial for the things that feel good

What dial is in your hand?

The compass that leads to the truth of God’s Word

Or, Twister, an attitude that desires the dreams and fantasies that

  Falsehood and Lies, Riches or Poverty can provide

Wisdom Regarding Riddles

The Right Standard and Attitude

To understand the riddles, parables and sayings

we must have the right standard and the right attitude.

Agur said…

 "Every word of God is flawless;

 he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

 Do not add to his words,

or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.”

Proverbs 30:5,6

In 1967, Twister was named the game of the year.

It is a game where you place a

large plastic mat on the grown.

This mat has 6 rows of colored dots with 4 colors.

To play, you spin a dial on a board divided in to

4 sections, right foot, left foot, right hand, left hand.

When the dial stops spinning you put your

hand or foot on the same color on the mat.

As two or more people play, they get twisted around

each other until one falls and becomes the loser.

The dial may look like a compass dial but it is made of plastic.

The compass dial is magnetized and will

point in the direction of magnetic north.

You can spin a compass dial and it will

always end up pointing to magnetic north.

The dial on the Twister board after spinning

will give you diffident directions every time.

And leave you in a twisted mess.

   Our lives need a compass, something that

 will keep us pointed in the right direction.

With Twister you can spin hard or light,

to the right or the left it will not matter the

results will be the same you will be directed

in different directions every time.

You will be twisted and eventually fall.

If you want directions to a physical place

on earth use a compass not a Twister dial.

The same is true about life, you will get twisted up and

fall if you do not have a standard like magnetic north.

Agur reveals his magnetic north, it is God’s Word.

It is where we find the true north for our lives.

Jesus said… “The Truth will set you free”.

Our moral compass must

have a pull to the Word of God.

As well as a standard for life

we must have a proper attitude.

Agur asked for two things…

“Keep falsehood and lies far from me;

give me neither poverty nor riches”

  

We don’t always want the truth.

Falsehood and lies can be desirable.

There are fantasies that make us feel good.

  

Dreams can change our attitude

and guide us in the wrong direction.

Riches and poverty can change our attitude.

 

Agur realized he would not be able to…

Understand the Riddles, Sayings, and Parables

of life without the direction of God’s Word.

 He also realized passions can

lead him in the wrong direction.

 What dial is in your hand?

The compass that leads to the truth of God’s Word.

Or, Twister, an attitude that desires

the dreams and fantasies that Falsehood

and Lies, Riches or Poverty can provide.

Scripture Reading

Proverbs 30:5-9 NIV

5 "Every word of God is flawless;

he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

6 Do not add to his words,

or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

7 "Two things I ask of you, O LORD;

do not refuse me before I die:

8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;

give me neither poverty nor riches,

but give me only my daily bread.

9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you

and say, 'Who is the LORD?'

Or I may become poor and steal,

and so dishonor the name of my God.