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 such wisdom on to my children is because God has graciously made it all available in the Bible.
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Walking Worthy
Everything about our salvation and the work of God has a oneness to it, a unity. That should be displayed in the church. The church should manifestly declare its transformation by its unity because in John 13, Jesus said, “By this will all men know that you’re My disciples, if you have love one for another.” In John 17, Jesus prayed that they may be one, that the world may know the Father sent the Son. In Ephesians 4, Paul talks about this unity and what we all possess as true believers. We have all been lavished with spiritual riches, power, and strength because we are in Christ. He is our life and our head, and we are His body. So, we are connected to Christ in that spiritual unity. Now, back in chapter 2, Paul says we all started out in the same condition: we were dead in trespasses and sins, walking according to the course of this world, and under demonic and satanic influences. But we were all saved by grace through faith, not of works, but we were saved unto good works, which God before ordained that we should walk in them. So, in the first three chapters Paul has been lavishing on us all our spiritual blessings, and the idea is to help us understand we all share the same blessings. We are all one body, one spirit, one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father. All of this is a plea for unity in the church. But even with all these pleas, there are some necessary attitudes and spiritual dynamics that have to be at work in a church to fulfill this calling. First, there is the call to walk worthy. In other words, our conduct should match our convictions, our duty should match our doctrine, and our behavior should match our belief. This is Christian life 101. If you say you belong to the Lord, you ought to walk the way He walks. And if you’re going to be living out the transformation that God has wrought inside, walking in a manner that is worthy, you’re going to be manifesting yourself in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith. In other words, there will be unity. In 1 Thessalonians 2:12, Paul says, “Walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.” This again is the basic perception of the Christian life. Walk consistently with your calling. Basically, let your life match up with what God has done for you and in you. Scripture calls it a high, holy, and heavenly calling. And by calling, we mean an actual calling, where God sovereignly calls us out of darkness into light, out of death into life, and out of lies into truth. It’s the actual saving call where the Lord awakens the dead sinner and gives him life. This is described in Ephesians 5:14: "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." So, if that awakening has happened in your life and you have been called by God, Paul says you have to walk in a way that is consistent with that calling. This is the basic reality of every Christian’s life. What you are in position and possession, you need to be in conduct. Anything other than that is hypocrisy and cripples the message of saving power, because it doesn’t demonstrate that transformation to the world if people are hypocritical. Walking worthy is the church’s greatest testimony, and yet it seems to be one of the hardest things to see realized. Repent and believe! GTY.org (49-16) - The Strength of Gentleness – 49-16
Today's Wisdom
April 19, 2026
Day: 900
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