Bryant Wilson

Proverbs 16:33 says that “The lot is cast into the lap, but it’s every decision is from the Lord.”
Recently the Lord helped me realize that a lot is not just a dice. It’s not just a gambling device used to decide the undetermined.
A lot is a choice. A lot is a group. A lot is a decision that someone makes. God declares what shall come of the lot we choose.
When we walk with the Lord and are guided by His Holy Spirit, when our “delight is in the Lord, He will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4)

This brings me to a verse that I read today and finally is beginning to be opened to me.
Psalm 16:5 states that “The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup, YOU SUPPORT MY LOT.”
As it was prophecied over David “God is with you, do whatever you heart desires” (2 Sam 7:3) when I make God my Lord and walk in integrity before Him, He is in support of my choices. Even moreso and especially when I have sought Him for wise council.

In Matthew 17:11-12 I have always wondered why Jesus claimed that Elijah would indeed come and restore all things but even more that he already had come and did. I always felt so confused as to what the heck John the Baptist restored, let alone all things?! Just now the Lord revealed to me that John was baptizing people into confession and repentance to prepare them for the coming messiah, because in his preparing the way of the Lord, he was calling people to holiness, restoring people to God by honesty and repentance.
It makes me think of Malachi 4:6…. And honest to God in looking it up I realized I’ve read this same “revelation” directly because I just saw it in Luke 1:17. I feel silly but I’m grateful that at least it’s now rooted in my heart what repentance is really for.

In Matthew 16:5-12 Jesus warns against the leaven of the Pharisees and sadducees. The disciples having forgotten the bring bread misunderstood him because of their circumstance, not because of what he actually said. Jesus reminds His disciples that if He can multiply the fishes and loaves how much more could He provide food with very little let alone nothing. Yes He was focused on warning them to not be hungry and seek after teaching from the religious leaders, but in that He also rebuked them for having such little faith that He wouldn’t provide food even if they forgot.

I just wanted to acknowledge that Matthew 1 describes Joseph as a righteous man, and because of his character he did not want to slander the woman he had been betrothed too, despite thinking she was unfaithful. I’m thinking of the type of reaction the average man might have, and the anger he might feel justified having. Yet because he was a man of righteous character; tested by God; he chose to keep what he thought was sin hidden on Mary’s behalf out of love for her.