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Day 1282 – Twas The Night Before Christmas (for Moms) – Humor Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 1282 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Twas The Night Before Christmas (for Moms) – Humor Unplugged

Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.

Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase wisdom and create a living legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1282 of our trek, and it is time for our 3-minute mini-trek called Humor Unplugged. Our Thursday podcast will provide a short and clean funny story to help you lighten up and live a rich and satisfying life – something to cheer you and provide a bit a levity in your life.

We are told in  Proverbs 15:30, “A cheerful look brings joy to the heart; good news makes for good health.” We are also encouraged in Proverbs 17:22, “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.” Consider this your vitamin supplement of cheer for today. So let’s jump right in with today’s funny, which is titled…

Twas The Night Before Christmas (for Moms)

‘Twas the night before Christmas
When all thru the abode
Only one creature was stirring
And she was cleaning the commode.

The children were finally sleeping
All snug in their beds,
While visions of Nintendo and Barbie
Flipped through their heads.

The dad was snoring in front of the TV
With a half-constructed bicycle on his knee.
So only the mom heard the reindeer hooves clatter
Which made her sigh, “Now, what’s the matter?”

With toilet bowl brush
Still clutched in her hand
She descended the stairs and saw the old man.
He was covered with ashes and soot, which fell with a shrug.
“Oh great,” muttered the mom, “Now I have to clean the rug.”

“Ho-ho-ho!” cried Santa, “I’m glad you’re awake.”
“Your gift was especially difficult to make.”
“Thanks, Santa, but all I want is some time alone.”
“Exactly!” he chuckled, “I’ve made you a clone.”

“A clone?” she asked, “What good is that?
Run along, Santa, I’ve no time for chit-chat.”

The mother’s twin,
Same hair, same eyes,
Same double chin.
“She’ll cook, she’ll dust,” she’ll mop every mess.
You’ll relax, take it easy,
Watch The Young & the Restless.”

“Fantastic!” the mom cheered.
“My dream come true! ”
I’ll shop. I’ll read.
I’ll sleep a whole night through!”

From the room above the youngest began to fret.
“Mommy?! I scared… and I wet.”
The clone replied, “I’m coming, sweetheart.”
“Hey,” the mom smiled, “She knows her part.”

The clone changed the small one and hummed a tune
As she bundled the child in a blanket cocoon.
“You’re the best mommy ever. I really love you.”
The clone smiled and sighed, “I love you, too.”

The mom frowned and said, “Sorry, Santa, no deal.”
That’s my child’s love she’s trying to steal.”
Smiling wisely Santa said, “To me it is clear.
Only one loving mother is needed here.”

The mom kissed her child and tucked her into bed.
“Thank you, Santa,” for clearing my head.
I sometimes forget it won’t be very long
When they’ll be too old for my cradle-song.”

The clock on the mantle began to chime.
Santa whispered to the clone,
“It works every time.”
With the clone by his side, Santa said, “Goodnight
Merry Christmas, dear Mom. You’ll be just fine!”

I hope that brought a smile to your face today.  If it did, pass your smile on to some else, we all could use a good smile.  Our Thursday thought is “the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” 

Ephesians [2:10]

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

As you enjoy these nuggets of humor, please encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of our past 1281 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are all available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player, so each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly, your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you tomorrow for Philosophy Friday!

Day 1281 – Mastering the Bible – Genealogies – Worldview Wednesday

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Welcome to Day 1281 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Mastering the Bible – Genealogies – Worldview Wednesday

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Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.

Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase wisdom and create a living legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1281 of our trek, and it is Worldview Wednesday. Creating a Biblical Worldview is important to have a proper perspective on today’s current events.

To establish a Biblical Worldview, you must also have a proper understanding of God and His Word. Our focus for the next several months on Worldview Wednesday is Mastering the Bible through a series of brief insights. These insights are extracted from a book of the same title from one of today’s most prominent Hebrew Scholars, Dr. Micheal S. Heiser. This book is a collection of insights designed to help you understand the Bible better. When we let the Bible be what it is, we can understand it as the original readers did, and as its writers intended. Each week we will explore two insights.

Mastering the Bible – Genealogies

Insight Twenty-Three: Old Testament Genealogies Were Not Intended to Be Precise Indicators of the Age of the Earth

The genealogies of Genesis 5 are significant for understanding the Old Testament, but not in the way they are often referenced.

Since the seventeenth century, Bible readers have presumed that the genealogies of the Old Testament were written to provide a chronology for the history of the world. That notion was popularized in 1650 with the publication of Bishop James Ussher’s “Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world”— Ussher’s chronology used the genealogies to date the creation of the world to October 23, 4004 BC.

There are many problems with Ussher’s chronology. It would, for example, put the flood at the time of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Even if the flood was a regional and not a global event, it would have made the construction of this pyramid unworkable due to its proximity to the Nile and the Nile Delta. Egyptian records prior to and after the Great Pyramid’s construction say nothing about a great flood during this time.

However, the real problems with Ussher’s work are biblical. Ussher was unaware of certain things that are common knowledge in biblical scholarship today. For example, manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible do not all agree when it comes to the genealogical sequence or year numbers of the pre-flood individuals listed in Genesis 5. The sequence of the generations in Genesis 4 and 5 is also not identical. This has led scholars over the years to propose that the genealogies are selective, which is obvious from the genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament.

While gaps are possible, there are other issues that speak to a deliberate construction of the genealogies. Several scholars have proposed that the year numbers in Genesis 5 have a mathematical explanation—in effect, a cipher or code—meant to telegraph information about the individuals in the list. However, none of the proposals has won a consensus of acceptance. Another approach has observed that genealogies from contemporary literature follow a pattern evident in Genesis 5. Specifically, several genealogies from the Old Babylonian period arrange names by tens even when the results do not account for people known from other sources to have lived in the same periods. In Genesis 5, there are ten generations before the flood, and ten after the flood. The listing may, therefore, be selective.

In any event, though the precise reason for the genealogical structure may not be conclusively understood, we must avoid interpreting them outside their ancient context. Forcing them into a service for which they were not intended isn’t good interpretation.

 Insight Twenty-Three: The Covenant Sign of Circumcision Was  Theological Statement for Israelite Men and Women

The story of Abraham and Sarah is at the core of the story of Israel. God called Abraham in Genesis 12:1, “The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.” In Genesis 15:1-6, God told him that he would make his offspring like the sand of the sea and the stars of the sky. There was just one problem. Abraham and his wife were old.

Sarah, in fact, was well past child-bearing age and did not conceive a child for several years after God’s initial promise. Her inability to conceive led to Sarah’s proposal that Abraham have children with her handmaid, Hagar. The result was the birth of Ishmael, whom God told Abraham in no uncertain terms was not the fulfillment of his original promise. God would enable Sarah to have a child.

God, of course, kept his promise. Abraham and Sarah had Isaac. God stepped in and made it clear to both Abraham and Sarah that Ishmael was not the fulfillment of his promise. Sarah was the mother God intended for the promised child. To commemorate that miracle, God gave them both a recurring sign of his covenant faithfulness: circumcision, as told in Genesis 17:1-14.

The sign of the covenant meant that every male in Abraham’s household had to be circumcised. The requirement extended to all males born to every family in the nation of Israel because all Israelites were descendants of Abraham through Isaac.

Circumcision seems like an odd sign, not only because of the physical nature of the mark, but also because it seems so one-sided. Of what possible relevance could circumcision have for Israelite women? What’s the point in the first place?

Because of the sexual nature of the sign of circumcision, the ritual mark was an important theological reminder to both genders. The sign would have taken the mind of both men and women back to the fact that they and their children only existed because of divine intervention.

Women would also be reminded of the importance of having husbands who were members of the Israelite community to pass on the bloodline of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Bearing children to gentile men in Old Testament times would have been a covenant transgression unless the man joined the people of Israel (which required circumcision).

As unusual as the sign of circumcision seems to us today, it was a theological statement in its time. This is one important role of ritual, to transport and then fix the mind to a transcendent idea.

That will conclude this week’s lesson on another two insights from Dr. Heiser’s book “Mastering the Bible.” Next Worldview Wednesday, we will continue with two additional insights. I believe you will find each Worldview Wednesday an interesting topic to consider as we build our Biblical worldview.

Tomorrow we will continue with our 3-minute Humor nugget that will provide you with a bit of cheer and help you to lighten up and live a rich and satisfying life. So encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along with us tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of our past 1280 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day’s trek will be downloaded automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly, your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you tomorrow!

Day 1280 – Love What You Are Doing – Wisdom Unplugged

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Love What You Are Doing – Wisdom Unplugged

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Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.

Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase wisdom and create a living legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1280 of our trek, and it is time for our 3-minute mini trek called Wisdom Unplugged.  This short nugget of wisdom includes an inspirational quote with a little bit of additional content for today’s trek. Consider this your vitamin supplement of wisdom for today. So let’s jump right in with today’s nugget.

Today’s quote is from Ray Kroc, and it is, “If you work just for the money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.”

Love What You Are Doing

If your desire to be successful is based on just obtaining money, you will never be truly successful. You may gain money initially, but if money is the driver for success, you will soon compromise your integrity and values in the pursuit of more money. You must love what you are doing and look to improve the lives of others through the product or services that you offer.

If your overall desire is to make a positive impact on others so that they can grow and find fulfillment in their lives, then you will also grow, find fulfillment, and succeed in your own life.  Learn to put other needs of others as a driving force behind your desire for success, and success will be yours.

This is not tied directly to monetary gain, but if you practice these principles faithfully, and with perseverance, then financial success will be the by-product of your efforts. You don’t need to try and impress others or be selfish, but the proof of your sincere desire to help others will be shown in your actions.

Philippians 2:3-4

Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

That’s a wrap for today’s Wisdom Unplugged quote. If you would like free access to my database of over 11,000 inspirational quotes, the link is available on the main page of Wisdom-Trek.com. As you enjoy these nuggets of wisdom, encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of our past 1279 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com.  I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day’s trek will be downloaded automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly, your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you tomorrow for Worldview Wednesday!

Day 1279 – Purpose That Brings Meaning to Life – Meditation Monday

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Welcome to Day 1279 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Purpose That Brings Meaning to Life – Meditation Monday

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Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.

Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase wisdom and create a living legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1279 of our trek, and it is time for Meditation Monday. Taking time to relax, refocus, and reprioritize our lives is crucial in order to create a living legacy.

For you, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection. You may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life, meditation includes reading and reflecting on God’s Word and praying. It is a time to renew my mind, refocus on what is most important, and make sure that I am nurturing my soul, mind, and body. As you come along with me on our trek each Meditation Monday, it is my hope and prayer that you, too, will experience a time for reflection and renewing of your mind.

 In our meditation today, let us consider…

Purpose That Brings Meaning to Life

Viktor Frankl who was a prisoner of war in the Nazi concentration camps said, “The lesson one could learn from Auschwitz, and in other concentration camps, in the final analysis, was, those who were oriented toward a meaning — toward a meaning to be fulfilled by them in the future — were most likely to survive.”

The apostle Paul said it this way in Romains 8:18, “Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.”

Paul survived many difficult challenges in his life. Some included anguish for being involved in persecuting the early church and supervising the stoning of Stephen (1 Timothy 1:12-14). Other challenges had to do with painful suffering and abuse he endured — hardship through shipwrecks, financial hard times, and physical afflictions (2 Corinthians 11:23-27; Philippians 4:11-13). He would eventually face martyrdom (2 Timothy 4:6-8). No matter the mountains in the way, no matter the severity of his suffering, no matter the difficulty of the challenges, Paul faced them with purpose because he knew his life had meaning in Jesus!

How did he survive these ordeals and keep going? Where did the old apostle find such resiliency in the face of such stiff opposition? How did Paul tap into such persevering strength that allowed him to persevere to his end?

Paul looked forward to a bright future with Jesus beyond this life (2 Corinthians 5:1-8; 2 Timothy 4:6-8). He was confident that when his life was over on earth, Jesus was waiting to welcome him into his presence: until then, he knew God had important work for him to do (Philippians [1:19]-26). While he waited for the eventual end of his life, Paul lived passionately to fulfill his calling from God. Paul believed that his life had meaning after his earthly life ended. He also trusted that God had a purpose for his life while he was still alive.

Viktor Frankl, in his epic book, Man’s Search for Meaning, suggested that we, as human beings, can survive almost any “how” if we have a “why”! We can endure almost anything if our lives have meaning and purpose!

In Psalm 1[39:13]-16, David talks about God being present in every dimension and time in our lives. He specifically talks about when our life began and when God first filled our existence with his purpose and meaning.

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.

God knew you before your mom felt you as a flutter in her womb or knew you as the person inside the bump on her belly. God has known you even from before your conception. Your Father in heaven had a plan and purpose for you. That plan and purpose wasn’t a rigid program you had to fulfill, but an opportunity to embrace. That purpose was designed to give you meaning and a reason to persevere no matter what life throws at you. And, that same God has known you since you were reborn in his family (John 3:3-7; Titus 3:3-7). That new birth has given you a living hope — the expectation that something, your holy Someone, is awaiting you beyond this life (1 Peter 1:3-9).

No matter what you face in this life, God can reach into the middle of the mess and fashion something good out of it to accomplish his purpose for you and bring you to your eternal good (Romans 8:28). That truth is as valid for you as it was for his Son. Jesus’ life, suffering, and death were not wasted (Romans 8:29). As for you, when you confessed Christ and were baptized, your life was joined with Jesus’ life. The living and eternal part of you was hidden with him in God, awaiting Jesus’ glorious return when we will share in that same glory (Colossians 2:12, 3:1-4).

I have no idea where you are in your walk with God. Our listeners come from all ages, nations, and cultures. Some are enjoying life and are experiencing boundless joy. Others are suffering from persecution and oppression. Still, others are dealing with life’s almost unbearable realities because of a broken world or failing bodies or unspeakable grief. Above the circumstances, however, we all must embrace that God has a purpose for us that is greater than our joy or our pain. The meaning of our life is in following Jesus in both the transfiguration where he was glorious and in the cross when he endured abandonment, ridicule, torture, humiliation, and death.

No matter our circumstances — or your particular circumstances, we know glory awaits. Between now and glory, God has a purpose for us, no matter where we find ourselves. That doesn’t mean he wants us to be in the painful, awful, challenging situations of our broken world alone. God longs for us to know that he will go with us in our struggles. God wants us to know that no matter how difficult our struggles may be, our lives still have purpose and meaning, both now and eternally. Our Father will accomplish something out of messes for our good, his glory, and someone else’s salvation.

How do I know?

I know because of what God did with Jesus’ painful challenges. Jesus is our older brother — the one who has gone before us as our example and pioneer (Hebrews 2:10-18). Jesus endured what he did so that we could be sure that we would never be abandoned in our journey of faith (Romans [8:32]-39). As God’s children, our Father will not waste our suffering and tears, any more than he wasted our old brother Paul’s suffering and tears. Our lives are lived for his purpose, and this gives each of our lives enduring meaning.

Hopefully, we can join the apostle Paul in saying with confidence, “I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,  I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us,” Philippians [3:12]-14.

That is a wrap for today’s meditation. Next week, we will continue our trek on Meditation Monday as we take time to reflect on what is most important in creating our living legacy. On tomorrow’s trek, we will explore another wisdom quote. This 3-minute wisdom supplement will assist you in becoming healthy, wealthy, and wise each day. Thank you for joining me on this trek called life. Encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of the past 1278 daily treks or read the daily journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player, so each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly, your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you tomorrow!

Day 1278 – The Right Kind of Confidence – Ask Gramps

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Welcome to Day 1278 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

The Right Kind of Confidence – Ask Gramps

Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.

Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase wisdom and create a living legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1278 of our trek and time for our Philosophy Friday series. Each Friday, we ponder some of the basic truths and mysteries of life and how they can impact us in creating our living legacy.

As we continue on this trek called life, sometimes we have questions about life, so our Friday trek is a time when we can “Ask Gramps.” Gramps will answer questions that you would like to ask your dad or granddad, but for whatever reason, you are unable to. No matter how old we are, I know that all of us would like the opportunity to ask Dad or Gramps questions about life in many areas.

We may mix it up a bit on our Friday episodes, but we will strive to keep them down to earth and enjoyable. If you have any questions that you would like to ask Gramps, please email them to guthrie@wisdom-trek.com.

So the question for this week is…

“Hey Gramps, there are certain people who seem to be confident about everything they do.  I struggle with confidence and am afraid if I act confident, then I will appear to be arrogant.  Do you have some wise tips to help me be genuinely confident?”

The Right Kind of Confidence

First, not everyone who appears to be confident really is confident. I have observed many a person who shows a display of confidence, but under the surface, they struggle with maintaining a good self-image. This usually displays itself in the form of arrogance. So be careful about observing others and trying to imitate them because they may be struggling with issues you have no knowledge of.

Although there is a danger of placing too much confidence in ourselves, this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be confident.  I have been told that I come off as very confident, and for the most part, I feel that I am. This is because of what, or more specifically, whom I put my confidence in. A truly confident person will not come off as arrogant or forceful, but with a quiet spirit of humility. A truly confident person will have an unswerving demeanor where very little of life struggles will phase that person.

It boils down to the fact that we have every right to be supremely confident in our position in Christ and in our future, which is secured by Him. In fact, to not be supremely confident is not humility; but it is unbelief. It is to discount God’s promises and live at a level far beneath what He has offered us. We often do that because we don’t feel worthy and God’s promises can sound too good to be true. You must remember that is the Almighty God we are talking about! He does not offer stingy forgiveness or measly power or meager promises. He offers more than we could ever ask or think as we are told in Ephesians 3:20, “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” We must take Him at His word and believe.

What are some things that we can be confident about? For starters, we are completely forgiven and accepted by God, both now and forever. Ephesians 3:12 says, “Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.” Our sin is no longer a barrier between God and us. The access, this relationship, will extend throughout eternity.  1 John 4:17 reads, “And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.”

We also have confidence in prayer. 1 John 5:14 reminds, “And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.” God wants us to be confident in Him. We must guard our confidence  Hebrews 10:35 says, “So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!”

One of the reasons that I can be humble and show great confidence in all that I do is found in Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

Remember, the right kind of confidence, confidence in God and His promises, is not arrogance. It takes humility to believe that what God says is true, we can confidently know is true.

That is a wrap for today’s question. Join us again next Friday for another question on our “Ask Gramps” episode. Our next trek is Mediation Monday, where we will help you reflect on what is most important in life. So encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along on Monday for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of the past 1277 daily treks or read the associated journals, they are all available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player, so each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

Thank you so much for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and, most of all, your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you on Monday!