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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What is the biblical view of work? Well, God has ordained that men originally work six days a week. You go to work in the morning, and you finish in the evening. God has designed work to partially alleviate the curse. If you look at the civilized world—the world that has flourished, the Western world in particular, and now, many ascending nations in Asia and other parts of the world—you see the magnificence that is extracted out of the creation by work. Go to Africa and you see parched lands, starving people, and murderous tribal warfare. People don't work. It's a tragic reality. Work has always been part of God's design, allowing us to explore and utilize the creation for demonstrating our nobility as beings made in His image, glorifying God, and benefiting all of humanity. It can be redeemed. It must be redeemed, and that's why we work. You understand how that works. You redeem your yard every week. And if you went away for six months and came back, you would find out what the curse would do. Just don't water for six months; that will do it. Or just open all the windows and doors in your house and leave for six months and come back and see what's inside. See what lives there. It's a battle, and we all understand that. But we can extract goodness out of God's creation. That was Adam's job, and now we have to fight against the curse to extract that goodness. We are called to that work because it's noble and because it's God-glorifying. Look, work is modeled for us by God. We have been made in God's image. God is a worker, and we ought to work as He did. And work is a part of the natural creation; you get up every morning, and until night comes, you work. Work is a gift from God to give man his dignity and meaning in life, to avoid idleness and the sins that go along with idleness, to provide for his own needs, and to serve the needs of others. And work is to be something done to the Lord because He's the true boss. Listen to what William Tyndale said: "If we look externally, there is a difference between washing dishes and preaching the Word of God, but as touching to please God, there is no difference at all." That's a biblical view of work—that there's no difference when done to the honor of the Lord between preaching and washing the dishes. And the church needs to remember that Jesus was a preacher for three years of His life and a carpenter for probably at least twenty. Thus, did He sanctify all occupations. Our Christian faith sanctifies work. All of work is designed to demonstrate the nobility of man to show that he is created in the image of God. It's such a terrible thing to put man at the end of an evolutionary chain, to make people think that they're nothing but a glorified ape, which is an absolute absurdity, scientifically and even philosophically, because nothing lower than man produces anything. Once you get to man, you see the glory of God displayed in what He can do with the creation, even fighting the curse. Every job, every occupation, every kind of work falls within the believer's duty. Work is a moral calling and a spiritual responsibility that honors the Lord and puts His image on display. Work is a beautiful thing. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-362) – A Theology of Work
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Day: 1042
September 27, 2026
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