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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Paul's Passion
Paul had joy in the ministry in spite of trouble. He had joy as long as Christ's cause progressed and was furthered. The progress of the gospel was the single passion for which Paul lived? Ask yourself these questions: "What's the passion for which you live? What drives you? What sucks up your energies? What dominates your time, thinking and reading? What makes your life tick? What passion do you carry in your heart? Is it for the progress of the gospel?" It was for Paul. It was of little consequence to him what happened to his body, his career, or his circumstances. The only thing that really mattered to him was the progress of the gospel. That was his passion. Paul was under compulsion. He was a driven man, and he was driven by the progress of the gospel. He lived for that. If the gospel progressed, nothing else mattered. Boy, what a model. Are you so consumed with the progress of the gospel? With the light invading the kingdom of darkness? With the shattering of death by the life of God in Christ? Is that what drives you? Is that what compels your energies, your thoughts, the use of your money, and the use of your time? Now, the word "progress" means progress against resistance, opposition, and things that would hinder the advance. So Paul says that the gospel is advancing against many obstacles. And the current obstacles were his imprisonment and the hostility of Rome against the gospel. But far from binding the gospel and halting it, the gospel was advancing against these circumstances. The gospel means simply "the message of salvation," and the gospel is on Paul's heart. It is his heart. It is his passion, and he lived to preach it, and he lived to advance it. And even though he was a prisoner, it was still being advanced. Opposition never stopped him, never. Think about John Bunyan. Most all of us know John Bunyan as the author of Pilgrim's Progress. Prior to the writing of Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan was known as a great preacher. His preaching was so powerful that they put him in the Bedford jail to silence him, but he preached sermons at the top of his voice, which wafted over the walls, and people would gather outside the jail walls to hear him preach, though they couldn't see him. They finally silenced him by putting him down inside the jail where nobody could hear him preach, and that gave him the freedom to write Pilgrim's Progress. The authorities thought they could silence the preacher, but instead they gave him the opportunity to write and preach to millions of people across many generations. And that's how it is. You cannot bottle up the gospel. According to 2 Timothy 2:9, the servant of God may be bound, but the Word of God is never bound. And therefore, the message went forth. Jesus Christ was killed as a common criminal because the authorities wanted to silence Him, but His death ultimately destroyed sin, death, and Satan, becoming the means of salvation for all who come to Him in faith. The early church faced persecution, which led to the threat of death scattering its members, and this scattering resulted in the evangelization of all the places where they went. So it is in the case of Paul. Every means to stop the message of Christ only furthers it, and this is Paul's joy. Is it yours? Repent and believe! GTY.org (50-7) – Joy in Spite of Trouble
Today's Wisdom
Day: 970
July 14, 2026
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