What the World Says Vs What the Lord Says

 

Recently our woman's Sunday school class received a handout emphasizing the differences between what the world says about life and the truths that God says about life.  For the purpose of this blog post I am going to discuss these differences today. 

The world says we need to hustle or work harder.  God's Word tells us in Proverb 3:5-6, however, to trust the Lord God and to not lean on or trust our own understanding of things.  It commands us submit to the Lord, and promises that in doing so the Lord will make our paths straight.  He will direct our paths in the right way to go.  The world tells us to manifest our goals and destiny and that we must determine our life's path. James1:17 reminds us. however,that everything good comes from the Lord God alone, and Proverbs16:9 reminds us that it is God alone who determines and establishes our steps.

The world tells us to get what we want by putting ourselves first.  God tells us, however, in James 4:6 that God elevates or shows fovor to the humble and opposes the proud.  The world says success equals achievement. The Lord God, however, declares in Colossians 3:23 that success is everyday faithfulness.

The world says that life is short and to live for oneself.  It says to live for pleasure and the now.  The world says one's life is one's own. God says we belong to Him and that we should live for the hope of Eternity..  It also says that things work together according to God's purpose for those who believe in Him.  God further finally says that it is He who holds all things together.   (1 Peter 1:3, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Romans 8:28 and Colossians 1:17)

 God and His Word is always truthful.  God and His Word will never fail.  Trust what the Lord God says and not what the world says.