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Proverbs 20:⁶ Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?

 

When you bite into an apple you never know just what flavor to expect...sweet, sour, fresh or mealy, clear or bruised, until you taste it.  When you look inside a man you never know what you might find...sweet, sour, fresh or mealy, clear or bruised until you savor his actions.  The Proverb today spoke to my heart that I can be "full" of myself or full of "faith".  That is, I can depend on my limited faculties and capabilities and wisdom or I can depend on God.  I think that is why "Most men will proclaim each his own goodness."  It is because they are standing pretty much entirely on themselves.  They make their way in the world competitively, jockeying with other men who also proclaim their own goodness, competing for success in a world of men and ready to take the trophies that prove themselves better than others.  But there are some men who, when you cut them open to the heart, are full of faith, or trust, or dependence on the living God.  They have found that there is One who has plans that their minds couldn't fathom, strength beyond human capability and love that washes over personal weakness.  Those who are full of faith have found another source of strength and another plane of living that transcends self and draws us upward.  Perhaps this is what Jesus meant when He said that those who would find themselves must first lose themselves.

 

Matthew 10:³⁹ He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it

 

blessings,

Rob Smith