Whaddya Hate 4

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Scheming 

 

 

7 things God hates…

 

So what does God hate? Prov. 6:16 

There are six things the Lord hates,
    seven that are detestable to him:

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        haughty eyes,
        a lying tongue,
        hands that shed innocent blood,

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        a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,

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        a false witness who pours out lies
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

 

1.  Haughty eyes:

 

2.  A lying tongue: 

 

 

3.  hands that shed innocent blood: 

 

4.  A heart that devises wicked schemes:  Throughout Scripture, God reminds us that He alone searches the heart.  God knows what we think and he sees the plans and purposes that are conceived in the souls of all people. 

 

Scheming is like streaming… I don’t mean as in streaming movies or downloads… I mean as in no one just decides “hey Im’a gonna scheme some bad stuff today”. 

it starts out as a trickle… then a small stream, then a river and finally a flood.

King David is the perfect example of a heart gone bad… and remember he was called a man after Gods own heart, but on one particular day he got it all wrong. He is supposed to be out killing bad guys… doing his job. But he takes a day off, he is kicking back … next thing you know he is a peeping tom. Checking out Bathsheeba and Sheba Bathing! next thing you know David is Wango Tango with Bathsheeba. Now she is pregnant… oh this is just the beginning of Davids scheming it went from a trickle to a stream and getting ready to be full on river/flood. Now David schemes to get her husband to come home and sleep with her, but it don’t go that way…. SO DAVID KEEPS SCHEMING… now he kills Uriah… and in time the bottom falls out. David loses his son, loses respect, loses the favor of the prophet and his whole family from that point on gets poisoned and reaps nothing but calamity. 

So if God hates scheming… what’s the opposite? Well the opposite of scheme is Naive - now being naive doesn’t mean you blind, stupid or simple minded. In this context it means naive as in trusting … you do what you can and let God do the rest. You are naive yet excited as to what he is going to do. You have planned, you have prayed and you trust… now some would call that naive… yep, but it is prepared naivety. 

Prov. 16:9 We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.

Proverbs 20:24

A man's steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

You are naive in that you don’t know or always understand your outcome, but you are confident in your trusting in God. 

about 8 years ago I was fired from a church… long story, I did not deserve it - does anybody? LOL, but I truly didn’t and in fact the pastor who fired me was a few months later fired for her behavior…anywhoooo

I was asked to start preaching at a very small methodist church… none of this is making sense to me. All my youth groups as a youth pastor were bigger than this church, but I naively took the steps… Long story short, 8 years in I FREAKING LOVE MY CHURCH. I love the people, I love the location, I love the ministry. We are growing and in fact are cutting out and breaking new spiritual ground… we are now poised for a huge growth spurt and spiritual impact… I took steps- didn’t know where I was going - trusted God and now I am reaping the benefits of a life of naivety.