Isaiah 26:3 English Standard Version (ESV) You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

What was a priority at 15 years of age is far from the priorities of one 74 years of age. That is expected because maturity and wisdom alter our priorities more than anything. As we experience life and achieve one goal after another we learn what is achievable or vanity. Can we admit the vanity of our youth?

At what point do we accept that God’s priority has never changed? Do we understand God’s priority? Are we part of God’s priority? The answer to that last question has a twofold answer. If we are saved we are the object of His priority. If then we are given certain gifts we become the focal point of His priority.

Every gift of God is given with purpose and helps in one way or another to achieve His one priority.

God the Father’s one priority is to bring His Son Jesus Christ the bride of promise.

Once we understand God’s number one priority then we can see how we fit into His will for our life based on two things. The first and most important is our relationship and the second is our gifts given of God to serve.

How does God’s priority fit into this life we have? Is it our top priority? If our calling is evangelism it is different than if our gift is pastoral, or teaching, or prophetic. Each and every gift does two things. They glorify God and serve His priority, Christ’s bride. One is to call the bride, the others are to complete our growth in Christ.

We all must decide just how much God’s priority fits into our own life and our own priorities which will and do change over time.

Where are we now?

Proverbs 8:6 English Standard Version (ESV) Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right,

Speaking noble things requires a noble effort. A noble effort requires nobility.

Copy and paste the word of God in a dark place. That is the world according to modern social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumbler, WhatsApp, and WeChat are just the more widely known of more than 100 social media platforms.

Facebook is easily the widest used and best known of all the social media outlets. That is not a recommendation, it is only an opinion. Many complaints have given rise to controls and constraints in that community and rightly so. Great harm can be done without at least some rule of conduct.

The opening verse comes from a chapter entitled “The Blessings of Wisdom”. The words penned are in the “media” voice of wisdom. Everything said there is a third party voice and should not be read as if a person is able to achieve that level of wisdom alone. Those words are released under the authority of the God of Gods and the King of Kings.

The use of His word is not a noble effort unless, like the publisher, the author is engaged in the release of that information with purpose. Without the instructions from the author, the effort is human effort and the results will only glorify the writer.

Will this post be received by those who need it? Will it impact lives in a positive manner? Will it make a difference in any life in any way?

All those things are within the purview of the author and not the writer who only transcribes what is heard. The reader has to decide for themselves if they can hear God in this moment. That is their relationship with God and the message received has to be God inspired.

All noble efforts have God as the author, written or spoken.