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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The Seventh Example
The last of seven statements that Jesus said on the cross was recorded in Luke 23:46, "Father, into Thy hands I commit My Spirit." He died entrusting Himself to God. And that's how we're to live. The cup of wrath was drained. The storm of divine fury was over. Darkness had passed. Fellowship with the Father was waiting after death. This is an act of trust. He was saying, "I'm going to give up My life now, because I'll trust You that You'll give it back to Me." That's what He was saying. He believed that God would raise Him from the dead. His trust was in God. In other words, "I'll give My life. I will bear sin as I have borne it. I will take the full weight of sin. You can crush Me under Your wrath. And I yield up My life in the confidence that You'll give it back to Me." He trusted God with His life. What an example to us. He died trusting God in the darkest moment. That's how we're to live. We trust God when disease or an earthquake hit. We trust God in everything. We trust God when we face death. Stephen makes a similar statement when his life was being crushed out under the rocks when he said in Acts 7:59, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." He didn't fear dying because he believed in resurrection. He trusted Christ to bring him out of death. We have that hope, don't we? There's much to be seen in the death of Jesus Christ from a redemptive perspective that is irreproducible, absolutely unique, and solitary. But there are also things in the death of Jesus Christ that become examples for us, and all of our lives are to be lived according to the pattern they set. Christ only spoke seven statements on the cross, and they are all examples for us to follow. We are to live forgiving no matter what is done against us. We are to live evangelizing, embracing every person around us, never losing sight of our mission, but bringing as many into the kingdom as we can, no matter how difficult or how contrary circumstances might appear. We are to live loving selflessly and not be preoccupied with our own things but the things of others, no matter how tough it is. We are to live sensitively to the damage that sin can do. We are to live sympathetically, knowing that everybody around us feels the pain of just being human. We are to live so that when it comes to the end, we'll finish and not just quit. And we are to live trusting God for everything. Christ suffered for you, says Peter, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps. Therefore, let's say a prayer. Father, we come to You now in a moment of prayer. We have just been taken back to Calvary, and briefly, with just a few words, we've lived again the tremendous reality of the death of Christ, the death in which He paid the price for sin for all who believe and granted eternal life by His triumph. We thank You for His death and His resurrection and for the solitary achievement of redemption that He accomplished. But Lord, we thank You too that in His death are examples for us to follow. Help us, Father, as we look back at the cross to see what we're to be, who name the name of Christ. Amen. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-132) – The Example of the Cross
Today's Wisdom
Day: 1039
September 24, 2026
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