{"id":1476,"date":"2010-03-03T09:02:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/pantinghart\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2021-03-16T19:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T02:48:36","slug":"is-it-still-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/2010\/is-it-still-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Still True?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Find Favor<\/h2>\n

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.<\/i><\/p>\n

Proverbs 3:4<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Reading:<\/p>\n

Proverbs 3:1-10<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

It was a new day. And it didn’t take long for my thoughts to turn to business matters.<\/p>\n

Especially The Matter<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Do I sell Anabaptist Bookstore or do I try to find investors or do I just shut down — which, if any, does God want me to do?<\/p>\n

I don’t know.<\/p>\n

So then I come to this in my morning reading:<\/p>\n

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding”<\/span> (Proverbs 3:5).<\/p>\n

All. No exceptions. Don’t hold back.<\/p>\n

Trust in the Lord, eh? But I thought I had been doing that!<\/p>\n

\"God's<\/a>

Be not wise in thine own eyes (Proverbs 3:7)<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, I’ll take that verse as encouragement to keep doing it. And I’ll take it as a challenge to be alert to those areas where I’m not doing it.<\/p>\n

So I keep reading:<\/p>\n

“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths”<\/span> (Proverbs 3:6).<\/p>\n

Keeping God-aware all the time. Now that<\/i> I most very definitely can do very much better at.<\/p>\n

That must be why I don’t yet know what I’m supposed to do (other than keep providing dependable good service to our customers).<\/p>\n

So I read a little further (I was aiming to stop with verse 10, if you’re wondering). It didn’t take long to arrive here:<\/p>\n

“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine”<\/span> (Proverbs 3:9,10).<\/p>\n

Hope!<\/p>\n

But could that be for me?<\/p>\n

Are those God’s instructions for me regarding my business and The Matter<\/i>?<\/p>\n

Is that promise applicable to me in this particular situation?<\/p>\n

Besides, there’s The Unthinkable, Unutterable Thought<\/i> that I did think but have not yet divulged.<\/p>\n

Except God already knows, of course.<\/p>\n

But, but, but…. That’s what I have been doing. For years. Decades. And where’s my plenty and my new wine? Come to think of it, where are my barns and my presses?!<\/i><\/p>\n

Hence the title of this piece: Is It Still True?<\/b><\/p>\n

So the devil mocks and tempts: “Yeah, hath God said?”<\/p>\n

My answer: “Yes, He did<\/i> say that. So He still<\/i> says that. And with His help, I’ll continue to believe it…contrary ‘evidence’ notwithstanding.”<\/p>\n

(That. Sounds. So. Easy.)<\/p>\n

\"[The<\/a>
\nfrom Proverbs 3:7<\/i><\/div>\n
Originally published on: Mar 3, 2010 @ 09:02 am
\nRepublished on Mar 3, 2019 at 09:02 am
\nthen returned to its original date and time on Mar 16, 2021 at 7:48 pm<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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