Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 367 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Honesty is the Best Policy

Starting today, we begin our 2nd year of Wisdom-Trek and will be making some changes to the frequency and format of Wisdom-Trek.  First, we have decided to create three themed treks per week which will be Motivation Monday, Wisdom Wednesday, and Philosophy Friday. Each daily trek will be approximately 12 minutes in length, so slightly longer but still easy to listen to in one session. So, let’s get started and thank you for joining us for our 3 days a week, 12 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 367 of our trek, and today will be our Wisdom Wednesday episode as we continue with our study of Proverbs with Chapter 11.

We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. I continue working on cleaning the woodwork and just finished the upstairs hallways. I will work my way down both stairwells and then begin on the downstairs foyer and hallway.  I was able to stain the two 2-foot gliders on Monday and plan on putting a coat of polyurethane on them this week as the weather permits. We are also in the process of moving the furniture back into the parlor now that we have allowed the floor to dry for a couple of weeks.

The hawks that we have the joy of watching each day continue to shuttle food to the nest to keep up with the voracious appetites of the growing chicks. From what we can tell, there are two chicks, and they are growing rapidly but will still be awhile before they take flight.

Speaking of that, it is now time to head out on our trek for today, we will hike up the wisdom trail in search of the nuggets of wisdom found in the first half of the 11th chapter of Proverbs.

Honesty is Always the Best Policy

1The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales,

but he delights in accurate weights.

Any type of dishonesty should not be part of our lives, even in the smallest of areas. This is especially true in the business world, where less scrupulous vendors would alter the scales or weights to weigh heavier so as to cheat the customer.

 

2 Pride leads to disgrace,

but with humility comes wisdom.

Pride is such a nasty character trait, and yet all of us fall prey to it in some area of our lives. As we become comfortable with who we truly are while remaining humble, we will gain wisdom, insight, and understanding.

 

3 Honesty guides good people;

dishonesty destroys treacherous people.

Honesty is always the best policy, and it will guide our lives on a trail that is true and solid just like a compass or GPS can guide us. Those who practice dishonesty will be destroyed by those habits because they will be wrapped up in the treacherous cycle of one lie upon another.

 

4 Riches won’t help on the day of judgment,

but right living can save you from death.

We would do well to understand that material things, including money, are tools to impact our world positively. We will not take any of it with us when we die. On the other hand, as we do use resources to impact others, then even once we die, our impact will live through the lives of others.

 

5 The godly are directed by honesty;

the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

If we choose to live according to God’s precepts, then honesty will be our trail map taking us to higher summits. In contrast to that, dishonesty and other weakness are like a huge millstone around our necks, always dragging us down.

 

6 The godliness of good people rescues them;