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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Living in Anticipation
Do you live with a hope of heaven, with an eagerness of heaven? Because if you do, it's evidence of genuine salvation. It means that your heart is truly God's. It means that it's aflame, alive, and exuberant with hope. Secondly, to live for what is to come, for that future final grace in heaven with eagerness, is to be motivated to the highest excellence of Christian character. Why? Because First John 3 says, "He that has this hope purifies himself, even as He is pure." Living in excited anticipation of seeing Jesus face-to-face, knowing that He knows everything about you, has a purifying effect. That kind of accountability, that kind of expectation, causes purification—a purging of sin. Furthermore, to live with a heavenly hope, to be eager for the presence of God, is the truest path to a life of joy. Why? Because the world is going to be full of trouble. But if you live with a heavenly hope and a heavenly anticipation and you begin to understand the fullness of all that that means, nothing in this world that goes wrong that brings about suffering can be really debilitating. Therefore, the truest path to life—to a life of joy, to real joyful endurance through very trying times—is to have such a shining hope for heaven and to understand that nothing that happens here can even be compared with what is waiting for you there. Hoping for heaven is also a preservative against temptation because a heavenly mind doesn't stoop to the sensual life because it knows it's going to face a judgment and a time of reward, not condemnation. But one who lives in the anticipation of heaven and the coming of the Lord Jesus knows that he or she wants the full reward for His glory and His honor and for the love of Christ. In addition, when this hope of heaven shines bright in a believer's heart, it maintains the vigor of spiritual service. It really makes the difference in how diligently you serve and how you endure. Living in the light of heaven also honors God above everything because it keeps your gaze fixed on His glory. To wish for heaven then is to love God above all. To wish for heaven is to desire Christ above all. To wish for heaven is to long for pure fellowship. To wish for heaven is to hate sin and the weakness of the flesh. To wish for heaven is to resent Satan and his world system. To wish for heaven is to long for perfect holiness and perfect joy. In summary, this hope, this shining anticipation of glory, is evidence of true salvation; it's a motive to the highest excellence of Christian character; it's the truest path to life and joy; it's a preservative against falling to temptation; it maintains the vigor of spiritual service, and it honors God above everything. Therefore, set your affections on things above, certainly not on things on this earth, and you will say with John in Revelation 22:12, "Come, Lord Jesus, Come!" Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-311) – What Happens When a Christian Dies?
Today's Wisdom
Day: 952
June 22, 2026
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