BBD 08.12.21 You Can Do That (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1826^th

The Burning Bush Devotional

12 July 2021

You Can Do That

Do not be wise in your own eyes;

Fear the Lord and depart from evil.

It will be health to your flesh,

And strength to your bones. – Proverbs 3:7-8.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,

and He ponders all his
paths.

His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,

And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

He shall die for lack of instruction,

And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. –
Proverbs 5:21-23.

In Oklahoma
this week there was the odd video of police chasing a man on a stolen ATV who
had on handcuffs. The chase went on for some time with the owner of the ATV
chasing the stolen ATV in another ATV for a while. There were news choppers following
the action keeping the police informed as to the man’s location. He was finally
forced to stop and securely arrested. I say “securely” because this all began
when the man was being arrested earlier, even being handcuffed, but he escaped
which led to the ATV chase. He is being charged with various crimes including
felony eluding of law enforcement and of course with stealing the ATV. (kfor
08.10.21; foxnews; msn; yahoo; and almost every other news venue possible.)

Just because
you can do something does not necessarily mean that you should do it. Just
because you can escape from police custody while you are handcuffed and steal
an ATV does not necessarily mean that you should do it. As we can see with the
man who stole the ATV it may not end well.

The problem is
identified by the King Solomon in Proverbs 3:7 where he says: “Do not be wise in
your own eyes.” In the man’s own wisdom, he thought it would be the
right thing to do to escape from custody, steal an ATV and lead police on a
dangerous chase.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” do some illegal drugs and
die of a fentanyl overdose.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” get in a vehicle and drive
while intoxicated and spend years in prison.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” rob a bank and spend years
in a federal prison or even worse be shot dead on the spot.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” have sex outside of marriage
contracting a sexually transmitted disease.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” and in a fit of rage shoot
and kill someone or run someone off the road because they cut you off and kill
someone.

To sum this up: you can do that. You can be “…wise in your own eyes” go crazy and do some stupid
stuff. You can do that, but it is not going to end well and will ruin your
life.

King Solomon tells us very plainly what we ought to do
instead of being “…wise in your own
eyes.” Solomon gives us the plain
truth of the right path to take: “Fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones.”

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W;
Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy
M.; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.;
and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through
this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1826^th

The Burning Bush Devotional

12 July 2021

You Can Do That

Do not be wise in your own eyes;

Fear the Lord and depart from evil.

It will be health to your flesh,

And strength to your bones. – Proverbs 3:7-8.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,

and He ponders all his
paths.

His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,

And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

He shall die for lack of instruction,

And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. –
Proverbs 5:21-23.

In Oklahoma
this week there was the odd video of police chasing a man on a stolen ATV who
had on handcuffs. The chase went on for some time with the owner of the ATV
chasing the stolen ATV in another ATV for a while. There were news choppers following
the action keeping the police informed as to the man’s location. He was finally
forced to stop and securely arrested. I say “securely” because this all began
when the man was being arrested earlier, even being handcuffed, but he escaped
which led to the ATV chase. He is being charged with various crimes including
felony eluding of law enforcement and of course with stealing the ATV. (kfor
08.10.21; foxnews; msn; yahoo; and almost every other news venue possible.)

Just because
you can do something does not necessarily mean that you should do it. Just
because you can escape from police custody while you are handcuffed and steal
an ATV does not necessarily mean that you should do it. As we can see with the
man who stole the ATV it may not end well.

The problem is
identified by the King Solomon in Proverbs 3:7 where he says: “Do not be wise in
your own eyes.” In the man’s own wisdom, he thought it would be the
right thing to do to escape from custody, steal an ATV and lead police on a
dangerous chase.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” do some illegal drugs and
die of a fentanyl overdose.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” get in a vehicle and drive
while intoxicated and spend years in prison.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” rob a bank and spend years
in a federal prison or even worse be shot dead on the spot.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” have sex outside of marriage
contracting a sexually transmitted disease.

You can be “…wise in your own eyes” and in a fit of rage shoot
and kill someone or run someone off the road because they cut you off and kill
someone.

To sum this up: you can do that. You can be “…wise in your own eyes” go crazy and do some stupid
stuff. You can do that, but it is not going to end well and will ruin your
life.

King Solomon tells us very plainly what we ought to do
instead of being “…wise in your own
eyes.” Solomon gives us the plain
truth of the right path to take: “Fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones.”

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W;
Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy
M.; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.;
and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through
this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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