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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The Result of Rejecting God
One of the virtues in our nation for years has been our work ethic. Throughout our history, we have been a nation marked by a very strong work ethic. That work ethic primarily developed due to the influence of Christianity in Europe and the broader Western culture. We have displayed our work ethic proudly in America for all of these years in the past. We are at this particular point, however, rapidly abandoning that traditional work ethic that grew out of Christian roots, and we should expect that it will continue to die. And the reason is this: because God doesn’t matter anymore in our society. In fact, God is to be left out of society. We frequently hear this argument framed as the separation of church and state. Our culture doesn’t want God involved in anything. They view the idea as a violation of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from establishing a religion. And when God doesn’t matter, then morality doesn’t matter, and that’s what we’re experiencing now. When God matters as God has mattered in our history—one nation under God, in God we trust on our money—when God matters, then there is a transcendent authority, and God is the ultimate power. God is also the ultimate determiner of destinies and the final judge. But when God doesn’t matter, then morality doesn’t matter because there are really no consequences outside oneself. The worst that can happen to someone is that while you’re expressing your freedom to live any way you want, you may have some negative results. They might come from other people. They might come from circumstances that you brought upon yourself by the choices that you’ve made, or they may stem from events that occurred beyond your control. But since you’re on your own and you can live any way you want, the consequences that come really have nothing to do with God; they’re just all about the way it is in life, and some things go well and some don’t. Therefore, when God doesn’t matter, then morality doesn’t matter. And when morality doesn’t matter, then there’s a total collapse of moral commitment in a culture. Sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, and dishonesty don’t matter. You can lie as much as you want to achieve any goals you desire. Self-indulgence, cheating, and stealing don’t matter. Really, no other virtue matters because there is no God. And since we reject God, the definition of God in Western culture that’s being rejected is the biblical definition. So by rejecting God, we have also rejected the Bible and its teachings regarding God's will, nature, and the Law that governs human behavior. Listen, when God doesn’t matter anymore, then there is no universal, transcendent standard for behavior. And natural human corruption runs rampant to the degree that any individual person chooses to live. People once worked hard because of the influence of Scripture, and because Scripture is a reflection of the will of God. However, God is the ultimate authority, and the Bible is the revelation of His will as that authority. Work, you see, is a virtue; work is a moral behavior. People worked hard because they believed they were accountable to God, and they were accountable to the revelation of God in Scripture. They had reverence for biblical authority and a basic fear of God. But today that has all changed, and this rapid decline in work ethic that surrounds us is noticeable to everyone. And now you know why. This is the result of a culture that has rejected God. Repent and believe! GTY.org (80-362) - A Theology of Work – 80-362
Today's Wisdom
April 18, 2026
Day: 899
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