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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Reasons to Be Single
Being single can be beneficial. It can limit your worry during time of persecution, it can protect you from the difficulties of being united to another sinner, and it can shield you from an institution that is temporary and not eternal. But it can also protect you from the preoccupation of being married. Another wonderful gift of singleness allows for undivided service to Christ. The emphasis now shifts from human problems and pressures to the spiritual dimension. 1 Corinthians 7:32 says, "But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord." Lightfoot, an old commentator, once said, "A man who is a hero by himself becomes a coward when he thinks of his widowed wife and his orphan children." Sure. When you're married and have a family, you are distracted; you are divided, whereas the unmarried man, Paul says, can concentrate on those things that belong to the Lord, on how he may please the Lord. In other words, unmarried folks have only one set of cares. Married people are divided. Paul is not saying that married people think only of the world. That's not true. He is simply saying that their interests are divided. Frankly, single-mindedness is a great blessing and a great benefit to the Lord's service. If you have the gift of singleness, it's a great blessing. If you are single and for the time can endure it until the Lord answers your faithful prayers and brings you a partner, rejoice in the fact that you may spend your attention on the single purpose of God's glory. And I simply remind you that where you have folks who need to be married, who don't have the gift of singleness, God expects them to pursue marriage. But for those who can be single, either because they are gifted for it or because they're older and do not have the strength of those youthful desires, it is a very noble path to take. It's not that single people are more holy; it's that they are concerned about the things of the Lord, which causes them to be holy in body and spirit. That singular focus is a benefit. It's a serious iniquity and waste when you have a single person who has the opportunity to be so focused, and they are themselves worldly and forfeit this potential of blessing and usefulness. As Christians, of course, the supreme desire of our heart should be to please the Lord. And when you get married, you have to filter that through your concern for a spouse and a family. Now, I don't want people who are single to think they're super spiritual. And I don't want people who are married to think that somehow they have fallen to a second-class status. I'm simply suggesting to you what can be beneficial and to promote what is fitting. I'm not writing a law; I'm sharing a freedom, a liberty of the Christian life, that enables us to choose what benefits us most for the glory of God. And it would be wonderful if you could secure undistracted devotion to the Lord. That's a potential. So, Paul says there are reasons and benefits to being single if you can handle it. If you have the gift, if you're old enough, if for the time you are single, look at these benefits as blessings from God. Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-109) – The Blessings of Being Single
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Day: 965
July 5, 2026
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