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.

Romans 8:17 English Standard Version (ESV) and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 8:30 English Standard Version (ESV) And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Both of these verses are true. Most of us would prefer that we not suffer. We prefer it to the point of not thinking about what it means to be glorified. We might even go as far as thinking that we don’t need it. Who needs the suffering?

Are we called? Many answer yes. Are we justified, everyone will say yes. Then if we are called and justified we are glorified. There is no conditional attachment to glorification, it is done at the will of God and not because we choose to be glorified.

Suffering is not a choice either. If is they conditional factor here. If children is tied back to verse ^16 “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,”

If we are born again in the Spirit we have no choice but to feel what Jesus feels. The Spirit testifies of Jesus Christ and somehow with want to believe it is only His words we hear and understand. The term is “with Christ”. He is part of us now abiding in our hearts, changing our hearts, loving what He loves and feeling the pain He feels when He is rejected.

How can we expect to feel His joy at the saving of a soul and no accept the sorrow in the loss of one also? We cannot have it both ways. Both are true.

Perhaps if we understood glorification as being “with Christ” it would be easier to suffer rightly.