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Storms and calm // Tempestades e calmaria




“By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
By knowledge the rooms are filled with all the precious and pleasant;” Proverbs 24:3 – 4.

Have you asked yourself how your house was built? What about your home, how is it established? Or should I ask if it is still standing?

You know, people think that secular knowledge is a big deal. Well, it is for your secular life and job and acquaintances. But, do you know what the Bible means when it speaks about knowledge and wisdom?

Let’s review Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction”.

So, do you fear the LORD? Maybe, you don’t know what it means to fear the LORD. You would know if you have dedicated yourself to know Him. Because in my point of view you can only fear something if you know what you’re talking about. Right? If you know a little you fear, if you know a lot, you might trust it and fear at the same time. Let’s see. Have you seen that movie “how to train your dragon”? If I can recall, at the beginning he was afraid of the dragon, then he gets to know it and trust it. Why? He knew what the dragon was an animal to be feared, however, if you know it you can trust it; even knowing all the dangerous capacities of the dragon.

Now, if you know a little bit about God, I mean, if you acknowledge all his power and sovereignty, you would be a fool not to fear Him. Although, if you get to know Him even more, you would love Him and trust in Him, because you would only fear Him, and nothing else; because He would be by your side all the time.

Ok. Proverbs 2: 6,9- 10 says, “For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; (…) then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; for wisdom will come into your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;”

Everything starts coming together when you start fearing the LORD for, He is Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent. You should fear something like this. Then, He would give you everything you need, which is wisdom and knowledge. Why do we need them? Because, I don’t know if you realized but, every mistake we make in life it is because of our arrogance, pride, and our own stupidity. I’m not saying that once we fear the LORD, we won’t have all those things. We will still have them, however, God with us will give us strength and wisdom and knowledge to fight those tendencies.

Back to our house. Therefore, if we fear the LORD and we receive the wisdom and knowledge given by Him, our house will be well established.

The other thing worth to point it out is any person who studies know that, you will never know everything, you must keep studying. And knowledge is something that we should never give up. In the same way, we should never give up on fearing and trusting in the LORD, so his wisdom and knowledge might never stop flowing into us.

Now, how is your house built? It is never too late to start learning. Search the LORD with all your heart, mind and soul (emotions, reason and, body); keep on doing. He is faithful to fulfill His part of the bargain. Are you too?

The important thing is it doesn’t mean that because you do everything right that nothing bad will ever happen to you; it will happen. The difference between a wise person and a fool is: the wise won’t despair; the fool will and throw away all that he thought he knew.

God is the God of the storms and the calmness. You will find Him everywhere. 

But to find something, you must search for it.




“Pela sabedoria uma casa é construída e pelo entendimento é estabelecida;
Pelo conhecimento, as salas estão cheias de todo o precioso e agradável; ”Provérbios 24: 3 - 4.

Você já se perguntou como sua casa foi construída? E a sua casa, como é estabelecida? Ou devo perguntar se ainda está de pé?

As pessoas pensam que o conhecimento secular é importante. Bem, é para a sua vida secular, trabalho e conhecidos. Mas você sabe o que a Bíblia quer dizer quando fala sobre conhecimento e sabedoria?

Vamos rever Provérbios 1: 7 “O temor do SENHOR é o começo do conhecimento; os tolos desprezam a sabedoria e a instrução ”.

Então, você teme ao SENHOR? Talvez você não saiba o que significa temer ao Senhor. Você saberia se se dedicasse a conhecê-Lo. Porque, no meu ponto de vista, você só pode temer algo se souber do que está falando. Certo? Se você sabe um pouco que teme, se sabe muito, pode confiar e ter medo ao mesmo tempo. Vamos ver. Você já viu esse filme "como treinar seu dragão"? Se bem me lembro, no começo ele tinha medo do dragão, então ele conhece e confia nele. Por quê? Ele sabia que o dragão era um animal a ser temido, no entanto, se você o conhece, pode confiar nele; mesmo sabendo todas as capacidades perigosas do dragão.

Agora, se você conhece um pouco de Deus, quero dizer, se você reconhece todo o seu poder e soberania, você seria um tolo se não o temesse. Embora, se você o conhecer ainda mais, o amaria e confiaria nele, porque só teria medo dele, e de nada mais; porque Ele estaria ao seu lado o tempo todo.

Está bem. Provérbios 2: 6,9-10 diz: “Porque o SENHOR dá sabedoria; da sua boca vem conhecimento e entendimento; (...) então você entenderá a retidão, a justiça e a equidade, todo bom caminho; porque a sabedoria entrará em seu coração e o conhecimento será agradável para sua alma; ”

Tudo começa a se unir quando você começa a temer ao SENHOR, pois Ele é onipotente, onisciente, onipresente. Você deve temer algo assim. Então, Ele lhe daria tudo o que você precisa, que é sabedoria e conhecimento. Por que nós precisamos dessas coisas? Porque, eu não sei se você percebeu, mas todos os erros que cometemos na vida são por causa de nossa arrogância, orgulho e nossa própria estupidez. Não estou dizendo que, uma vez que tememos ao SENHOR, não teremos todas essas coisas. Ainda as teremos, no entanto, Deus conosco nos dará força, sabedoria e conhecimento para combater essas tendências.

De volta à nossa casa. Portanto, se temermos o Senhor e recebermos a sabedoria e o conhecimento dados por Ele, nossa casa estará bem estabelecida.

A outra coisa que vale ressaltar é que qualquer pessoa que estuda sabe que, você nunca saberá tudo, você deve continuar estudando. E o conhecimento é algo que nunca devemos desistir. Da mesma forma, nunca devemos deixar de temer e confiar no Senhor, para que sua sabedoria e conhecimento nunca parem de fluir para dentro de nós.

Agora, como sua casa é construída? Nunca é tarde para começar a aprender. Busca o SENHOR com todo o teu coração, mente e alma (emoções, razão e corpo); continue fazendo. Ele é fiel para cumprir Sua parte da barganha. Você também é?

O importante é que, não é porque você faz tudo certo, nada de ruim lhe acontecerá; isso vai acontecer. A diferença entre uma pessoa sábia e um tolo é: o sábio não se desespera; o tolo vai jogar fora tudo o que ele pensava que sabia.

Deus é o Deus das tempestades e da calmaria. Você O encontrará em toda parte.

Mas para encontrar algo, você deve procurá-lo.

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