Wednesday

I woke up at the same time—3:52 This morning. I had the day off, so I was excited that I could really take my time with the Lord! Chris and I had planned yesterday to start today praying together at 4:30 this morning.

We read Psalm 84 and Proverbs 8:34-36

He started reading a few verses from Proverbs 9, about wisdom building her house and preparing a feast for all to come and enjoy.

Of course, that lead us to the New Testament Scripture about the feast where the guests were busy, so the bridegroom invited people from the streets. We read the one in Matt 22:1-14.

This passage from the story took me for a loop.

" 11 “But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding. 12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it
that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply. 13 Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the
outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’"

I had never seen that part before. I was literally shaking. The Lord began to talk to me about preparation—it's an action word. The unprepared man went to hell.

As I began reading Matthew Henry's Precise Commentary, he put it this way—once again, I was floored.

"The case of hypocrites is represented by the guest that had not on a wedding-garment."
As confession went forth, we started talking about integrity. In order to be clean on both the inside and the outside, we must know that the Lord is looking and watching at all times. The Pastor might not be around; your husband; your wife; your parents; your best friend, etc. But the Father God is looking and nothing done in the dark will stay covered. It will be revealed.

Integrity—Character; who I am when no one is looking; honesty.