Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 133 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom.

Proverbs Chapter 3:7-12 Trusting the Lord #2

Thank you for joining us for our 7 day a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 133 of our Trek, and we are remaining at camp this week as we dig for the nuggets of wisdom contained within the book of Proverbs.  As the prospectors of old would pan for gold in the creeks and rivers, let us wash away the dirt from the many modern media outlets that want to pollute our minds each day and find the pure gold of wisdom that is located in the streams of Proverbs. Yesterday we began Chapter 3, and today we will continue to explore in Chapter 3 as we pan for additional nuggets of wisdom.

Once we complete the entire book of Proverbs, we will make the entire commentary available in an eBook although we will be going on many treks between our times at camp. If you have any of your own observations, comments, or questions as we explore these nuggets of wisdom, please share them on the comment section of our daily journal pages.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and we are busily completing the work that needs done and the podcasts that will be airing while we are on our short trip to Phoenix.  Life seems to always be full, rich, and exciting.  While we have the opportunity, we will continue on.  As the old saying goes, you have to make hay when the sun shines.

As we enjoy our time sitting around the campfire, let us share more wisdom nuggets from Solomon to see how they apply to our trek of life.  For me, campfires have always been a time for reflection and relaxation.  Cherish every moment of life to learn, to grow, to create a legacy of wisdom, and to seek out discernment and insight.

The title of Chapter 3 is…

Trusting in the Lord

Wrong types of wisdom and intelligence

Today we are starting with verse 7.

7 Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.

Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

There is a wrong type of wisdom. Verse 7 mentions “your own wisdom.”

There is also a wrong type of understanding, which we looked at yesterday in Verse 5 that mentions “your own understanding.”

There is a difference between our own wisdom and God’s wisdom. Also, there is a difference between our own thoughts and God’s thoughts. God is wiser than we are, and God is more intelligent than any person is as is stated in Isaiah 55:8-9.   

8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.

“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so my ways are higher than your ways

and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

We must not be proud. All true wisdom comes from God. Our own ideas may be good, but they are never better than God’s wisdom.

God teaches his wisdom to us. It is God’s gift to us. Do not confuse your own ideas with God’s wisdom!

8 Then you will have healing for your body

and strength for your bones.

Sometimes unwise choices cause illnesses. For example, consuming excess alcohol or eating the wrong food or too much food will make us ill. But, God’s wisdom does not hurt us. God is kind to us, and He helps us. He cares about our bodies. He also cares about our spirits. Nobody will be ill in heaven as Revelation 21:4 reveals, 4 "He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”

Next in verses 9-10 Solomon teaches us about priorities with money when he writes...