This was initially going to be a discussion over the first 6 verses - 38 minutes into it, I realized that I had only talked about the first 2 verses and run at least 2 rabbit trails that took a moment to wrap back to where I was trying to go...

Points discussed:

1 - "wicked" men don't or aren't able to truly maximize their potential at ________. 

"wicked" being simply living out consistently in contrast to God's desire for our life.

2 - wisdom, knowledge coming from the fear of the Lord and how that concept bleeds into all aspects of our lives 

28 The wicked flee though no one pursues,

2 When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,