1788 The Wisdom

BIG Life Devotional | Daily Devotional for Women

Special New Year’s Eve podcast with my husband, coach Lonnie on his 51st birthday.
(This was Lonnie’s basic outline for the podcast – but he doesn’t really follow a script)

1. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Prov 9:10-12

Wisdom begins here because it comes from a place of healthy respect for God and His way of life.
Our Father who art in heaven…Hallowed by thy name… the son of God begins with acknowledging who He is and the nature of the relationship.

We should be in awe of God and seek to live His Way…Vs 12
Gal 6:7-8 Do not be fooled, God can not be mocked. For whatever a man soweth, that he shall also reap.

God has a natural order to life. You can grow a nice crop by planting seeds, water seeds, tending the plants and when the time is right, reap a harvest.

This scripture can apply in 3 different ways to different people.

1. The non-believer
2. The believer who is living foolishly. Immature
3. The believer who is stuck in fear.

Fear of the Lord is the …. Beginning of wisdom – not the end.

2. 1 John 4:18-19 – There is no fear in love.

As you mature in your relationship with God and His Way, you don’t do things out of obligation. You do them out of love, because you want to, because you Get To.
It take time, patience and deeper understanding to get there – hence “The Perfecting”, making perfect process.

(Heb 12:6) Love is not a license to live poorly. PERFECT love is about living our life WITH God and seeking His Way of living – because we want to.

CONC –
Matt 7:13-14

If you are looking for a good resource for the New Year – look at The Bible Project on Youtube. Very good short and longer studies available there.

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