50 Days of Wisdom
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Wisdom is a skill in living that begins with fearing God, then progresses to guarding your mind, choosing your companions, controlling your body, monitoring your words, pursuing your work, managing your money, and loving your neighbor. Very simple. But that’s it. And when you’ve done that, you’ve learned wisdom. It’s vital to be taught wisdom. For example, as a father, if I fail to teach my son to fear God, the devil will teach him to hate God. If I fail to teach my son to guard his mind, the devil will teach him to have an open mind. If I fail to teach my son to obey his parents, the devil will teach him to rebel and break his parents’ hearts. If I fail to teach my son to select his companions carefully, the devil will choose them for him. If I fail to teach my son to control his body, the devil will gladly teach him to give it completely over to his lusts. If I fail to teach my children to enjoy speech that is honorable to God, the devil will fill their mouths with filth. If I fail to teach my children to pursue their work, the devil will make them lazy. If I fail to teach them to manage their money, the devil will teach them to waste it on riotous living. If I fail to teach them to love their neighbor, the devil will gladly teach them to love only themselves. And the only reason I can pass any of this wisdom on to my children is because God has graciously made it all available in the Bible.
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God's Here and Now Law
We, as Christians, are forgiven and headed for heaven, but as long as we're in this world, living in this world here and now, God's law is still operative. We will sow what we reap. If we walk in the flesh, we will harvest the fruit of the flesh. If we walk in the Spirit, we will harvest the fruit of the Spirit. Listen, at the point of salvation, God intercepted that fully operating law and gave us new spiritual life so that, for the first time ever, we now have the capacity to do what honors God and to walk in the Spirit by the miracle of redemption. You are now able to reap what Christ has sown. Amazing! Yet, in your daily life, that principle still operates. Some Christians sow to the flesh seemingly every day and wonder why they don't reap a harvest of holiness or usefulness. Let me make it simple: holiness is a harvest of sowing to the Spirit, not the flesh. If you sow to the flesh, you harvest corruption. In the case of the believer, this corruption is simply the corruption of your Christian experience: the loss of peace, the loss of joy, and the loss of worship, service, and usefulness. Unbelievers live in despair because they can only sow to the flesh. It's how the world lives. And really, in a sense, it's all they can do. But as believers, why would we sow to the flesh? It's a law; it's an operative principle. If you sow to the flesh, you're going to end up with corruption in your life. Galatians 6:8 tells us that "the one who sows to his own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh." However, if you sow to the Spirit, that's going to produce eternal life, as verse 8 continues, "but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." And you might ask, "Don't we already have eternal life?" Well, we possess eternal life, yes. We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. We've been given eternal life. But this isn't talking about future heaven. We have that secured; that's already ours. We're talking about the here and now, right? This is where this law of reaping what we sow operates. This law doesn't operate in heaven; this law operates here and now. So whatever it means when you sow to the flesh, it also means when you sow to the Spirit. And since this law applies in this world, the results will manifest here as well. Therefore, when Paul says that we are going to reap eternal life, what he means is that we're going to reap the full blessings contained in the life that is already ours in Christ. And what are those blessings? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, along with many other blessings. The Christian who sows to the Spirit reaps the full blessing, the plentitude—all the satisfactions, all the joys of eternal life, such as enjoying peace, joy, love, patience, goodness, kindness, and being conformed to Christ. This is God's law of reaping what we sow in the here and now. Repent and believe! GTY.org (48-41) – The Inescapable Law of Sowing and Reaping
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Day: 963
July 3, 2026
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