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 all this wisdom on to my children is because God has graciously made it available through the Bible.
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Focus on Things Above
In Ephesians, the apostle Paul tells us to leave the world in order to reach the world. He tells us to take our hearts, hopes and thoughts and get them out of here. And you know how he does it? By telling us that everything we really want is up in heaven anyway. He says, “And you have been blessed with all spiritual blessings”—where?—“in the heavenlies.” As if to say to us, “Look, the blessings are there, the angels are there, the Lord is there, your seat is there. You are already seated with Christ in heavenly places. What are you doing messing around down here?” Now, there’s a verse that will help us to think through this whole idea of getting out of the system in our hearts and minds until Jesus comes. Look at Colossians 3:1-4: “If you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.” That’s a simple message. And the message is this: get out of the system. Divorce yourself from the world in terms of your spiritual attitudes, in terms of your inner man. If you think about it, we’ve already experienced a dramatic change anyway. We’ve already been divorced from the world. According to Ephesians 2:5, the moment you came to Christ, when you were dead in sins, when you were made alive together with Christ, and when you were saved by grace, you were instantaneously raised up and given a place in the heavenlies in Christ. Spiritually speaking, you ascended and your conscious mind became occupied with Christ. You entered, as it were, into the holy of holies. The veil was ripped, and you walked into the presence of God. You say, “Well, what are you talking about? We’re not there yet.” No, but though our bodies aren’t there, the heavenlies are to be the occupation of our minds. Listen, when you were saved—now mark this—you were saved positionally. You were taken out of this world and placed into the heavenlies. When you put your faith in Christ, you overcame the world. When you received the divine power that came in salvation and when you were made a partaker of the divine nature, you escaped the corruption that is in the world. You were transformed. You transcended the world because your manner of life is now in the heavenlies. It’s a great reality. So, every one of us, as believers, has entered into a genuine, spiritual relationship with the God of the universe, the Christ at His right hand, and the Holy Spirit in the heavenlies. And we’ll never reach that world until we get out of this world. The Lord knows that. Therefore, the moment you were saved, you transcended the system because God granted to you the capacity to enter and live consciously in His presence. Spirituality, then, is a heavenly kind of life. Paul says it’s a life that focuses on things above, not on earthly things. It’s a preoccupation with the divine. It’s the upward look. It’s where you continually gaze on the glory of the Lord and are transformed by the Holy Spirit into His image. It’s becoming in practice what you are in position. Repent and believe! GTY.org (2145) - Living the Risen Life – 2145
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April 8, 2026
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