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Are you building or tearing down?

Proverbs 14:1 (NLT) contains a powerful revelation. “A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.” Even though it is speaking specifically about wise and foolish women in this verse, the principle applies to us all. God is the master creator and builder, and He created the Heavens and the Earth. When we see the way God sees, we will be able to see potential opportunities to build all around us. It is exciting. It is motivating. Every day is an opportunity to build or create something for God’s glory and for the benefit of society. Conversely, foolish people tear down the very things that can bless humanity. You can see all over the United States where people are tearing down and destroying their communities. The difference is that one group is building with wisdom, and the other group cannot see through their foolishness and as such will continue to destroy the work of their hands. God is trusting you to build together with Him. Will you respond to the call?

Proverbs 14:1 (NLT) – “A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.”

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Watch out! Your mouth can get you into trouble!

The Bible has plenty to say about fools. Part of the meaning of the name fool is: a person lacking in judgment or prudence, one lacking in common powers of understanding, to experiment, especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly. One very important area that we must take very seriously has to do with the things we say and promise. For whatever reason, many take what they say very lightly. They don’t realize that the power of life and death are in the tongue. They hurl words out of their mouths with utter ignorance, and later on they’ll say they didn’t mean it,  or they were only playing, or even that they were upset. God takes your words seriously. King Solomon counseled us that we must not be rash with our words. (Ecclesiastes 5) We need to carefully think about the things we will say before we utter them. He declares that a fool is known by his/her speech. Wow. He also let us know that God has no pleasure in fools and foolish behavior. This next thought really moved me. Solomon also said that our mouths can cause us to sin, and destroy the works of our hands. In the midst of a nation and society that is “playing the fool” because of all of the rants, rash speech and hateful rhetoric, don’t play into that. Be the one that places a guard on their mouth, and only speaks from a place of wisdom and Godly fear. Be the example so that others may learn and turn away from their foolishness!

Ecclesiastes 5:2-6 “Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes through much activity, and a fool’s voice is known by his many words. When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed.  Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands?”