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Day 1215 – The Great Foundation of Failure – Wisdom Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 1215 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

The Great Foundation of Failure – 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 1215 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 Og Mandino,and it is, “I will not allow yesterday’s success to lull me into today’s complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.”

The Great Foundation Of Failure

One of the easiest paths to failure is to rest on the laurels of yesterday’s successes so that you become complacent in your current season of life. You may have heard that success fosters more success, but even more easily success will degrade to failure because we take our attention off of those minute practices and habits that allowed us to reach success in the first place.

I have seen it and read about it time and time again when a person who has reached a certain level of success then jeopardizes it unconsciously either for fear of more success or because they have taken their eyes off the steps that will allow them to gain a higher level of success.  The trail that brought us to our station in life today may not be the same trail that will allow us to continue on up the mountain of success.

Think about some of these examples…How many sports players, actors, politicians, or business executives who are paid millions of dollars over their career end up poor and destitute because they did not follow the same dedicated practices and daily habits that brought them success to begin with?

This could happen to any of us. Therefore, we must not allow yesterday’s successes to lull us into complacency today. Yes, there should be a short time for rest and celebration, to enjoy the fruit of your hard-won labors, but then get back on the trail, and continue that climb to the summit. In this life, we never reach the summit, until God calls us home to be with Him. So persevere, work hard, rest when you need to, and then continue on.

Philippians [3:13]-14

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.

 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 1214 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 of all, your friend as I serve you through this 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 1214 – Rest for the Weary Soul – Meditation Monday

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Welcome to Day 1214 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Rest for the Weary Soul – 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 1214 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.

 After fighting the hard-won battles of life, you may be too weary to continue on to reclaim what was lost. In today’s meditation, let us consider…

Rest for the Weary Soul

There is a brook that is mentioned in the book of 1 Samuel that you may not have heard of.  It is called Brook Besor. Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of the place. Most haven’t, but more need to. The Brook Besor story deserves shelf space in the library of those who are worn-out. It speaks tender words and needed rest to those who are weary of soul.

The story emerges from the ruins of a town called Ziklag. David and his six hundred soldiers return from the Philistine war front to find the city from which the army was from in utter devastation. A raiding band of Amalekites had swept down on the village, looted it, and taken all the women and children hostage. The sorrow of David’s soldiers morphs into anger, not against the Amalekites, but against David. After all, hadn’t he led them into battle? David is the commander of the army, and he left the women and children unprotected. Isn’t David to blame? The soldiers think so and that he needs to die. So they start grabbing stones.

After the victory over the Philistines, returning home could be his worst hour. But David with wisdom from God makes it one of his best.

David redirects the men’s anger toward the enemy. They set out in pursuit of the Amalekites. Keep the soldiers’ weariness in mind. They still were covered by the trail dust of a long campaign and haven’t entirely extinguished their anger at David. They don’t know the Amalekites’ hideout, and, if not for the sake of their loved ones, they might just give up and take the loss.

In this story, we learn that two hundred of the six hundred soldiers do. The army reaches a brook called Besor, and they dismount. Soldiers wade in the creek and splash water on their faces, sink tired toes in cool mud, and stretch out on the grass. Hearing David’s command to move on in pursuit of the Amalekites, two hundred choose to rest. “You go on without us,” they say.

How tired does a person have to be to abandon the hunt for his own family? The church may have its share of weary soldiers. Good people. Godly people. Only hours or years ago they marched with deep resolve. But now fatigue consumes them. They’re exhausted. So beat-up and worn down that they can’t summon the strength to save their own flesh and blood. Maybe old age has sucked their oxygen. Maybe it was a deflating string of defeats. Divorce can leave you at the brook. Addiction can as well. Whatever the reason, the church has its share of people who just want to sit and rest.

The church must decide. What do we do with the Brook Besor people? Berate them? Shame them? Give them a rest but measure the minutes? Or do we do what David did? David let them stay.

David and the remaining four hundred soldiers marched on and resumed the chase. David and his men swooped down upon the Amalekites like hawks on rats. Every Israelite woman and child is rescued. Every Amalekite either bites the dust or hits the trail, leaving their precious plunder behind. David goes from scapegoat to hero, and the whooping and hollering of the soldiers begins.

What about the two hundred men who had rested and chose not to fight? You might feel the way some of David’s men felt as recorded in 1 Samuel 30:22, “But some evil troublemakers among David’s men said, ‘They didn’t go with us, so they can’t have any of the plunder we recovered. Give them their wives and children, and tell them to be gone.’”

The explosive emotions are stirred, and David needs to put out the explosive before it blows up. Here’s how he defuses it. But David said in 1 Samuel 30:23-24, “No, my brothers! Don’t be selfish with what the Lord has given us. He has kept us safe and helped us defeat the band of raiders that attacked us. Who will listen when you talk like this? We share and share alike—those who go to battle and those who guard the equipment.”

Note David’s words: they “guarded the equipment,” as if this had been their job. They hadn’t asked to guard equipment; they wanted to rest. But David dignifies their decision to stay.
David did many mighty deeds in his life. He did many foolish deeds in his life. But perhaps the noblest was this rarely discussed deed…He honored the weary soldiers at Brook Besor.

Perhaps someday somebody will read what David did and name their church the Congregation at Brook Besor. Isn’t that what the church is intended to be? A place for soldiers to recover their strength.

If you are listed among them, here is what you need to know. It’s okay to rest. Jesus is your David, and He allows you to rest your weary soul at His Brook Besor. He fights when you cannot. He goes where you cannot. He’s not angry if you rest. Did he not invite us in Mark 6:31, “Then Jesus said, ‘Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.’ He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn’t even have time to eat.”

Jesus provides us with His Brook Besor, a place of quite rest. Brook Besor also cautions against arrogance. David knew the victory was a gift. Let’s remember the same. Salvation comes like the Egyptian in the desert that showed David and His army where the Amalekites were camped. He was a delightful surprise on the path. Like salvation, unearned and undeserved. Who are the strong to criticize the tired?

Are you weary? Take time to catch your breath. We as God’s church need your strength.

Are you strong? Reserve passing judgment on the tired. Odds are, you’ll need to plop down yourself. And when you do, Brook Besor is a good story to know.

Take time to meditate on this today.

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 1213 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 of all, your friend as I serve you through this 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 1213 – An Anxiety-Free Life – Ask Gramps

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Welcome to Day 1213 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

An Anxiety-Free Life – 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 1213 of our trek, and it is 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, this is not possible. 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, I am having some bouts of anxiety and would like to be able to overcome it. Do you have some wisdom tips to help me battle these gremlins?”

An Anxiety-Free Life

Can you imagine having absolutely no worries? Think about how much freer and happier you would be. Unless you happen to enjoy drama in your life, which some people do, you would be ecstatic without worry. This makes me think about what heaven may be like. It certainly does not sound like our life on earth, since we all go through what seems like continual periods of worry and anxiety. Even though I don’t struggle with a significant amount of anxiety, no one is completely exempt from anxiety. So these bits of wisdom also apply to me.

Sadly, life on this troubled planet is full of things that can tempt us to worry, and if we head down that temptation trail, we will soon be falling headlong into the pit and be mired in the slough of despondency. With all that we face during any particular day, it may seem almost irresponsible not to worry. Do you find yourself unconsciously thinking that if you don’t worry, bad things will happen to you? When you succumb to this mindset, you may think that things will spin out of your illusory control and that you will suffer terrible consequences for your lack of concern and attention. Is that mindset true, though? Has worrying about something ever really helped? A wise tidbit can be learned from Thomas Jefferson in a letter that he wrote to John Adam, “How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.” This is so true, and yet we fret.

Mr. Barrow, a character in a story by Mark Twain, offers some helpful wisdom, “Drag your thoughts away from your troubles, by the ears, by the heels, or any other way, so you manage it; it’s the healthiest thing a body can do.” To take this analogy from Mark Twain and put it in the context of Scripture, let me read Psalms 55:22, “Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.” 

The key is that we have to leave them with the Lord. So often, we pick our burdens right back up and toss them on our backs. Every time you are tempted to pick them back up again, remind yourself that you cannot carry them, that will only make you miserable and defeated. God is willing and able to handle what you cannot handle and were never designed to handle. If you are allowing anxiety to weigh you down, like a huge bag of rocks on your back, then you must free yourself and allow the burden to roll off you into the pit. You do not need to allow worry and anxiety to control you. Instead, let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

Worry is useless and unnecessary. Give your burden to the Lord and trust that He can take care of them. He can handle much better than you can. I encourage you to read Matthew 6:19-34 to learn what Jesus had to say about worry and anxiety. 1 Peter 5:7 says, “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”

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 1212 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.

If you would like to listen to any of the past 1212 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 for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most of all, your friend as I serve you through this 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!

Day 1212 – Auto Shop Class – Humor Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 1212 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Auto Shop Class – 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 1212 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…

Auto Shop Class

Taking great pains to be specific, Mr. Devol, the new auto-shop teacher who was just hired,  explained to three of his students Sam, John, and Sue that he wanted them to clean a car that was parked outside in the parking lot a little ways from the school. He gave the three students two extension cords, the vacuum cleaner, a bucket, rags, soap, and the car keys. Mr. Devol explained that this car was one to be used in his class, and he wanted it spotless for the beginning of the school year.

After about an hour, since Sam, John, and Sue had not reported back yet Mr. Devol headed out to the parking lot to check on the students. As he approached the car he discovered that all three were sitting in the car, feet up on the dashboard, listening to the stereo. Being a bit frustrated Mr. Devol asked, “Why aren’t you vacuuming the car?”

Sam looked at him with a smug smile on his face and said, “Because the extension cord wouldn’t reach.”

Exasperated, Mr. Devol said, “That’s why I gave you two extension cords.”

John piped up and said, “We tried the other one, but it wouldn’t reach either.”

I hope that brought a smile to your face today.  If it did, pass your smile onto some else. We all could use a good smile. Our Thursday Thought is “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”

Romans [1:19]

They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.

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 1211 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 each day.

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 1211 – Disciples Fast and Worship – Worldview Wednesday

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Welcome to Day 1211 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Disciples Fast and Worship – 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 1211 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. On our Worldview Wednesday episodes we are in a series in which we are covering another detailed review of a book from one of today’s most prominent Hebrew Scholars Dr. Micheal S. Heiser. We are taking a deep dive and will share Dr. Heiser’s insights into the question, which is also the title of his book “What Does God Want?”

Disciples Fast and Worship

Last week we studied how disciples fellowship and pray. This week we will explore two more specific responsibilities of disciples.

The first one is disciples fast.

Fasting may be unfamiliar to many readers. Generally, to “fast” from something means to abstain from that thing. To “fast” from food means to go without eating. This is the kind of fasting we see most often in the Bible, though not always. Jesus fasted (Matthew 4:2). He presumed the disciples would follow his example and warned them to not be hypocrites when they did so (Matthew [6:16]-18). Fasting isn’t about drawing attention to yourself. It’s between you and God.

Fasting isn’t merely about abstaining from food. You can fast from all sorts of things in whatever manner you want. Jesus wasn’t recommending a strategy for losing weight. He had something else in mind when he fasted and when he talked about fasting. While the Bible contains many instances of fasting, there are no specific rules. Paul noted that married couples might fast from sex (l Corinthians 7:1-5) to devote special attention to a matter of prayer.

But why do it? Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 7:5 about couples agreeing to abstain from sex for a time give us an indication, “Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”

Fasting is a spiritual practice designed to help us focus on prayer. How does it do that? Perhaps an example helps. If you decide to fast from food for a day, whenever you’re hungry, you are reminded to pray. Your fasting is a reminder and directs your attention to the reason you decided to fast.

Another way to think about fasting is to ask what distracts us from prayer or, more generally, our walk with God. The answer might be our phones, television, or some hobby. These are all things we can set aside for a time (“fast” from) to bring our minds back to God and prayer. As an example, what if you decided to do a 24 hour fast from technology. Every time that you would usually check your phone or Facebook you would be reminded to pray instead.

Early church communities fasted so as to collectively focus on prayer (Acts 13:1-3; [14:23]). In the Old Testament, community fasting was also a way to show collective sorrow for sin and repentance (Jeremiah 36:6; Joel [2:12]).

Next, we will study how disciples worship.

You might think worship is easy to define or understand. Well, it is, and it isn’t. We too often equate worship with what happens in a church service, mainly the music. That isn’t worship, at least in terms of how the Bible defines it, though music and song were part of Christian gatherings (Ephesians [5:19]; Colossians [3:16]). Another propensity in our culture is to think of worship as an inner-directed mystical feeling or experience. That isn’t worshiping either. There are a number of passages we could think about, but let’s look at two.

The first one is Romans 12:1-2,“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”

The 2nd one is John 4:23,“But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.”

We’ve already talked about the first one in our discussion of living a holy life. How do you worship God? Live like Jesus. Don’t be conformed to the world—its values and self-gratifying pursuits. That is worship. True worship is thus a matter of the heart.

The second passage is interesting for a specific reason. Jesus told the woman from Samaria that God is seeking people to worship him. Worship is, therefore, not something that originates with us. We are invited to respond to God’s goodness and love. How and where we do that can vary. We can do this individually, with or without music, within or outside of a church service. We can also do that corporately, in fellowship with other believers.

When believers meet together in fellowship, they are to accomplish two things as we see in Hebrews 10:24-25, “Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.  And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.”  In other words, they prod each other to spiritual worship—imitating Jesus. They praise God for his goodness, love, and providential presence in their lives (Acts [2:46]-47; James [5:13]).

). Praise included singing songs and making music (Matthew 26:30; Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16), but is unmistakably linked to holy living that is mentioned in Philippians 1:10-11, “For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.  May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ, for this will bring much glory and praise to God.”

We cannot lose sight of the fact that our “spiritual worship” of God is intrinsically tied to the way we live as we read earlier in Romans 12:1-2. It’s not about a thirty-minute experience at home or in a church. It’s about a life oriented by, and directed to, God.

That will conclude our lesson for this week from Dr. Heiser’s book “What Does God Want?” Next Worldview Wednesday, we will discover two additional responsibilities for disciples which are “Confessing and Forgiving Sin, and Study the Bible” 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 1210 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 so much for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most of all, your friend as I serve you through this 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!