Dr Diana Brevan’s Ponderings 06-27-2024

Dr Diana Brevan’s Ponderings 06-27-2024

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Ponderings from our very own Dr. Diana Brevan for today

Dear Partners Worldwide, I bring to you my (Dr. Diana Brevan) ponderings this today. May the Lord richly bless you and yours as we go right into to today’s ponderings prayer and the Word.

(Proverbs 28:3 NIV)  A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

 Poverty does not make men charitable, noble, or virtuous! Solomon observed poor men being cruel and stingy to other poor men, which he considered a perverse practice. And he saw poor men given authority or riches becoming merciless tyrants in abusing their power over former peers. This is vanity and insanity. He, who ought to remember his former state and show tender kindness, grinds them instead for his arrogant greed.

There is no virtue in poverty. In fact, poverty generally indicates a base mind, foolish heart, and/or lazy body. All other things being equal, the reason one man is poorer than his neighbour is due to a foolish life. Apart from the overriding blessing or judgment of God, diligence and wisdom bring success, and slothfulness and folly bring poverty ((Proverbs 10:4 NIV)  Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.);( (Proverbs 11:24 NIV)  One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.);( (Proverbs 12:24 NIV)  Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.);( (Proverbs 22:29 NIV)  Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.). To believe otherwise is to make failure the reward of wisdom!

The purpose and profit of rain is to nourish the earth for growing food. And it does this wonderfully, when it falls gently and steadily. But when rain comes in a violent storm, it can easily wash away topsoil and the seeds contained in it by a flood of water. It can also flatten and soak growing plants and ruin them for food. In both cases, the very thing that ought to be for the profit of a field and its owner becomes a cruel and destructive force.

A poor man, whether still in poverty or given some authority or success, ought to have pity on his poor brethren. He should remember his condition or history. But it is a fact that poor men can be very critical of other poor men, which Solomon had observed in his study of human existence. And if you exalt or honor a foolish poor man, you will likely create a monster that will trample on those that it should pity and protect ((Proverbs 30:21-23 NIV)  "Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food, an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.).

Is your memory good? Or do you despise those that are what you were? Father, do you pity children by remembering your folly at their age? Businessman, do you recall difficult days in your career enough to comfort those having them now? Supervisor, are you compassionate to employees, having been one last year? Student, can you pity a younger sibling as he struggles with what confused you a few years ago? Grandparent, do you remember past difficulties and help your children or grandchildren facing them now?

Christian, you were the poorest of the poor! Depraved, destitute, and damned! You were a criminal destined for hell! But Jesus Christ gave His life to redeem you from sin and death and make you a child of God with an eternal inheritance. Glory! Can you remember your vile history and the great forgiveness you were freely given and forgive those who sin against you ((Matthew 18:21 -35 NIV)  Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded.  "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.")? Or are you like a sweeping rain leaving no food?

The Lord Jesus Christ went from the poverty of a carpenter’s son to the Prince of the kings of the earth ((Revelation 1:5 NIV)  and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,). Does He remember and pity you in your weak condition and hard trials? Indeed! ((Psalms 103:13 - 14 NIV)  As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.);( (Hebrews 2:17 – 18 NIV)  For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.);( (Hebrews 4:14 -  16 NIV)  Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.) David wrote of Him, (2 Samuel 23:4 NIV)  he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.'

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