I love this particular passage of scripture that we will be referencing today. Often people will just quote the later part of the scripture and not give the entire reference the attention it needs. The first part is relevant to the last part of the scripture.
I referred one day on my facebook status that a man who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. Then I went on to ask if when a man finds you if he will in fact find a good thing and favor or a hot mess and a curse. Let's roll that around in her head for a minute. So, often women think and believe they are wonderful for the mere fact of how they look, how they dress, where they shop, etc. But the things that make us wonderful are not superficial things. Certainly God has made us magnificent creations. I do not dispute that fact, but he put awesome things within us that make up our ability to be wonderful as well. The God on the inside of us makes us wonderful on the inside. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, but it is not just talking about our exterior because we are mind, body, and soul. There is so much more to what is on the outside of us that makes us so spectacular!
When I look at this scripture I see a couple of key things here. It says a good man out of the good treasure of his heart. First of all, a good man can have more in that storage than just good things. It says out of the "good" treasure of his heart he brings forth that which is good. So, this let's me know that he, the good man, has the option to pull from whatever resource he wants. He can pull from that which is good or he can choose to pull from that which is not. But a truly good man knows to pull from the treasures or the things stored in him that are good and that is what makes him a good man. He doesn't pull from his flesh and that's key. He knows the difference through maturity, prayer, meditation of the word as to what is acceptable and pleasing to God. So, when, the good man, goes to make a decision in life, he pulls from the treasure of resources that is good before he speaks anything into the atmosphere.
Now, I'm going somewhere with this today. But an evil man pulls on resources that are not Godly. Though there may be some goodness in there, his choice is to pull from other resources in what he can do to please himself rather than God. For whatever resource or treasure you pull from defines what's really in your heart. We make decisions based on what resources we are working with. This is the reason some Christians constantly make bad decisions. It's because there is nothing in them to pull from that can help them make a right decision. What's in that treasure box? Is there any prayer in there or any word in there? Is there anything in that treasure box that can assist you in life?
My point today is that we keep making the same bad decisions in life because we are not stored up with goodness. We have slipped in our prayers lives. We are low on the word of God. We rely on a weekly feeding and our spirit is riding on fumes so that when it comes time in our lives to know what we need to do, perhaps say no when it needs to be said, or you're not for me, etc., we can't do that because we suddenly are confused. But a good man knows to store something in him that will help him when the storms of life come. He has something in the cupboard that he can go to get when he needs a word for a situation. He knows that the harvest will not always be plentious so therefore, he must keep the word of God hid in his heart at all times, so when things get where he cannot get to his outside resource, he has an inside resource that he can pull out to give him wisdom and strength in life.
A good man knows that whatever treasure that is in your heart, is what will come up out of you. He has to keep something in him that will help him continue to be a good man. Sometimes people wonder why they say yes in a situation or why they went completely out of character. It's what you got in storage that you are pulling from that directs what your mouth is saying. People don't suddenly go out of character. Your character changes with what you put in you. Junk in, junk out. Good in, good out. Anybody is capable of acting a complete mess at any given moment. Yes, things in life will challenge your character, but at the end of the day, what's in you should prevail and whether it's a good thing or an evil thing is entirely up to you. You want to be a good woman, then put in you what is required to be a good woman. Don't rely on your beauty to get you over. That will all fade away. But what will keep a man coming back is what you have in your heart. When it comes time to make a decision about whether you will get a ring or not, they're not looking at how pretty you are, but whether they can deal with you day in and out for the rest of their lives. There are many beautiful women sitting at home right now by themselves every day of the week. At the end of the day, no man wants to deal with a woman that doesn't have good things stored in her.
So, did you put Jesus on the menu today or is he only on the menu Sunday? Just asking..... Let your heart be a true reflection of the wonderful creation God made you to be. Indeed God did a good thing when he created woman for man. But be certain of this, if you want somebody to know it then keep that creation as wonderful on INSIDE as it is on OUTSIDE. As always, we love you and hugs and kisses in Jesus!
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