{"id":46542,"date":"2022-10-01T02:25:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/getting-rid-of-the-grubs-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:25:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:25:37","slug":"getting-rid-of-the-grubs-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/getting-rid-of-the-grubs-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Rid Of The Grubs &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A frustrated homeowner had a yard full of moles. He tried everything he knew to defeat his underground enemy, but he was losing the battle. Finally a friend informed him that he was trying to solve his problem the wrong way. The moles weren&#8217;t the true culprits. The real problem was the grubs that the moles were feeding on. Get rid of them and the moles would have no reason to stay.<\/p>\n<p>The third chapter of Proverbs gives us a parallel situation. Instead of moles, the problem is fear &#8220; the kind of fear that robs us of strength during the day and sleep at night (Proverbs 3:24-25).<\/p>\n<p>What is also evident from this chapter is that we can eliminate our fears only by attacking the &#8220;grubs&#8221; that attract it. We must go after our self-sufficiency and irreverence (Proverbs 3:5-8). We have to treat our evil and foolish ways with a strong application of divine wisdom and understanding (Proverbs 3:13-18). Then and only then will fear lose its grip.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s important is to know the real problem so that we can work on it. When it comes to fear, we must make wise decisions based on God&#8217;s Word (2 Timothy 2:15). That&#8217;s what it takes to get rid of the &#8220;grubs&#8221; in our life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A frustrated homeowner had a yard full of moles. He tried everything he knew to defeat his underground enemy, but he was losing the battle. Finally a friend informed him that he was trying to solve his problem the wrong way. The moles weren&#8217;t the true culprits. The real problem was the grubs that the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/getting-rid-of-the-grubs-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Getting Rid Of The Grubs &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}