“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him (Exodus 32:1 NASB)."
"And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed. And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours’ (Matthew 25:24-25 NASB).”
Definition: Deduction: To derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed; infer; to trace the derivation of; trace the course of. A process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
Logic: The science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference; a particular method of reasoning or argumentation; the system or principles of reasoning applicable to any branchof knowledge or study; reason or sound judgement, as in utterances or actions (Dictionary.com).
Truth helps us draw the right conclusions and think clearly, but fear muddles our thoughts and draws us toward falsehood and an unrighteous way. Logic leads our thinking and deduction. Without logic we can only follow, regurgitate and release our conclusions into the hands of others. With logic we enter into truth or fear depending on the information and statistics we adhere to. It is easy to allow fear and pride to make us abandon truth, even making us go our own way and build for ourselves broken avenues of revelation; this is why knowing God and His promises and character is so important to our thinking. We must think and train our thoughts to the true, honorable, right, pure and lovely; whatever is of good repute, excellent and praise worthy.
Prayers: We pray our child gets a clear picture of You, Your ways and Your promises. We pray that in seeing what everyone sees, our child stays positive like Joshua and Caleb after spying on the promised land (Numbers 13:30-31) - ready to face any giant in trust that Your Spirit will be there as a consistent comfort and guide.
May it be that our child never sees failure and insurmountable odds in any situation You orchestrate, but always sees success and great potential through You as possible and even imminent.
Help us model such character and please help us to train our child to think on the best things. Thank You for Your help and blessings.
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