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Day 1210 – I Was Made to Work – Wisdom Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 1210 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

I Was Made to Work – 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 1210 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 Johann Sebastian Bach, and it is, “I was made to work.  If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful.”

I Was Made to Work

Work, in our western culture, work at times has a negative connotation, yet a hard-working person is looked on with esteem. What a dichotomy! We have to realize that from the beginning of creation every human was made to work. Certainly there are abuses in allowing work to become all-consuming, and as with any addiction, if that is your sole focus, then relationships and health of your body, soul, and mind will suffer. In order to be successful, hard, and smart, work is a requirement. While we were designed for work and should work hard with enjoyment, from the beginning of creation, there is also a place for rest. This requires a plan for how and when you are to work.

Proverbs 21:5

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

What is the focus of your work and to what end do you work? Without a proper focus and goal for working hard, it will become drudgery as King Solomon mentions several places in Ecclesiastes. This kind of thinking is wrong. Our work is a service, or offering to God, and should not be taken lightly, nor should we be lazy.

Romans [12:11]

Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.

For success in any area of life, we should work fervently, but not to the detriment to our family or other relationships. We should work hard to fulfill God’s purpose of building His kingdom here on earth.

2 Timothy [2:15]

Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.

We should work enthusiastically so that everyone who sees us will realize that we are working for a higher purpose than just earning income, but we are working to do what is pleasing to God.

Ephesians 6:7

Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

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. Just 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 1209 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, I am 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 Worldview Wednesday!

Day 1209 – When God Stepped Into Time – Meditation Monday

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Welcome to Day 1209 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

When God Stepped Into Time – 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 1209 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. 

We are constrained by time and space, so it is difficult to imagine not having those barriers. We are bound and controlled by each day and the ability to be only in one location. In today’s meditation, let us consider…

When God Stepped Into Time

When God entered time and became a man, He who was boundless became bound. He became imprisoned in flesh. He became restricted by weary-prone muscles and eyelids. For more than three decades, His once limitless reach would be limited to the stretch of an arm, His speed no faster than the pace of human feet.

I wonder, was He ever tempted to reclaim his boundlessness? In the middle of a long trip, did He ever consider transporting Himself to the next city? When the rain and wind chilled His bones, was He tempted to change the weather? When the heat parched His lips, did He give thought to creating a cool, clear bottle of water?

If ever He entertained such thoughts, He never gave in to them. Not once. Stop and think about this. Not once did Christ use his supernatural powers for personal comfort. With one word, He could’ve transformed the hard earth into a soft bed, but He didn’t. With a wave of His hand, He could’ve boomeranged the spit of His accusers back into their faces, but He didn’t. With an arch of his brow, He could’ve paralyzed the hand of the soldier as he braided the crown of thorns. But He didn’t.

He stepped out of eternity at the moment of conception when the divinely fertilized egg of the virgin Mary began to multiply during the next 9 months. He went from needing nothing to being completely dependent on the humans whom He had created.

In an instant, He went from needing nothing to needing air, food, a tub of hot water, salts for His tired feet, and, more than anything, He needed to begin the process of building God’s kingdom on earth. He, the perfect one, trained and used us, the imperfect, to become His tools for building God’s kingdom.

Though everyone would ultimately forsake Him in the hour of His greatest need, He still continued on robed in His limitations as a man.  He could have called 10,000 angels with one word to destroy those who tried to destroy Him, both in the physical and spiritual realms.

He was blamed for and took on himself every sin committed beginning with Adam and Eve and then stood in silence as a million guilty verdicts echoed in the tribunal of heaven and the giver of light was left alone in the chill of a cold night.

After three days in a dark hole separated from both God and man, He stepped back out of time and into the Easter sunrise knowing that His kingdom was now established and the gates of hell could not prevail against it.

Think about it. The One who gave up the crown of heaven for a crown of thorns, He did it for you. Just for you. Because of His unconditional love for us. We would do well to follow the example the Apostle Paul wrote in Philippians 2:5-11.

You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

Though he was God,
he did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to.
Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
he took the humble position of a slave
and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,

  he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names,

 that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

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 1208 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 1208 – Managing Your Expectations – Ask Gramps

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Welcome to Day 1208 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Managing Your Expectations – 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 1208 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, 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, I realize that I am not perfect, but I do try to live according to God’s precepts found in His Word. I expected that life would become easier as I grow older and gained more wisdom. It seems at times, though, that life remains difficult in many areas.”

Managing Your Expectations

First of all, as with all situations in life, it is not as much as what happens to us, as to how we deal with those situations. It is about how you manage your expectations about what comes your way, whether it is good or not so good. Learning to be content in all situations will allow you to face life with confidence, knowing that God is in control.

The Apostle Paul learned to manage his expectations and to be content although life was not always easy. He wrote in Philippians 4:11-13, “Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.  I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.  For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”

The Apostle Paul certainly didn’t live a carefree life all the time. He knew, though, that God’s light was shining through him. He describes going through times of being pressed on every side, perplexed, hunted down, knocked down…yet he knew that it was all for a greater good. Most of us who knows God’s Word consider Paul to have been a strong Christian, so why did he continue to suffer?  Certainly, as mentioned above, there were good times, but also bad times.  We as Christ-followers are not necessarily exempt.

Despite experiencing a great deal of suffering, Paul managed his life and expectations. He was not driven to despair. He knew that God never abandoned him. He was not destroyed. He knew that he shared in the life of the risen Christ, and that made it all worthwhile.

Paul doesn’t downplay or deny suffering in the least, but he knows that suffering does not have the final word, God does. Without our suffering, we would not fully appreciate God’s great salvation. It would be more difficult to trust in God because we would be trusting in self. So while the difficult times hurt, they are not without meaning.

When you know that God is absolutely wise, faithful, and loving, you know that you are loved unconditionally as you continue to trust Him. God has already allocated everything you need for life and godliness. Ask Him to pour His grace into you in abundance.  Let me read the Apostle Paul’s narrative in 2 Corinthians 4:7-18.

 

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.  We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.  Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.

 Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies.  So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.

But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.” We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you.  All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.  For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!  So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. 

What attitudes do you bring to your present problems? How do you manage your expectations? Do you see difficult times as cruel, random, and meaningless? Instead of that, do you see them as an opportunity to persevere, overcome, and become more like Jesus by God’s unlimited grace?

I hope these tips will help you have a Biblical worldview and mindset about life, especially when times seem difficult.

So as we finish with our question for today, let me leave you with this thought. Suffering is normal and to be expected. Overcoming suffering by God’s grace is normal also, and to be expected by every Christian, including 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 1207 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 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!

Day 1207 – A Gift for the Church – Humor Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 1207 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

A Gift for the Church – 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 1207 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…

A Gift for the Church

Pastor James, who was the new pastor at a City-Center Church, was delighted when he received an anonymous gift of money, which was quite substantial for the small church. During the next church council meeting, Pastor James presented the gift and proposed it should be used to buy a new chandelier for the main sanctuary, since the current lighting had been there for many decades.

Pastor James thought this would be a splendid idea. However, when it was put to a vote Pastor James was disappointed when his proposal was narrowly defeated. Pastor James observed that Sam, the church council secretary, had voted against the proposal and when the meeting was over, he asked Sam why he had not supported it.

Sam looked at Pastor James sternly for a few moments then then said that he had three reasons: “First, I have to write the minutes of the meeting, and I can’t spell the word; second, there is sure to be an argument over who should play it; and finally, if we are going to spend money in the Church, what we really need is some good lighting in the sanctuary.

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 “Many communication misunderstandings arise when you presume that others know what you are talking about.”

Luke [18:34]

But they didn’t understand any of this. The significance of his words was hidden from them, and they failed to grasp what he was talking about.

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 1206 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 1206 – Disciples Fellowship and Pray – Worldview Wednesday

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Welcome to Day 1206 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Disciples Fellowship and Pray – 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 1206 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 Fellowship and Pray

Last week we took a broad view of how disciples take care of each other. For the next several weeks, we will drill down and explore what the specific responsibilities are as a disciple.

The first responsibility is disciples fellowship.

“Fellowship” is a New Testament word that describes the activity of the believing community. Taking care of each other is part of Biblical fellowship, because when believers meet together, needs can be discerned and met. That said, we need a short discussion of fellowship to talk about other things disciples do.

Many Christians today equate “fellowship” with having fun together. For sure, doing fun things together strengthens relationships. Enjoying the company of people builds bonds. But that really isn’t biblical fellowship in the sense of becoming disciples.

The basic difference between doing fun things together and biblical fellowship is that fellowship isn’t just about spending time together. It’s much more intentional.

The goal of fellowship is ultimately “becoming one mind” around Jesus so that we can “have his mind in us.” In other words, the goal of fellowship is discipleship. A couple of verses from Philippians capture the idea:

Philippians 1:27 – Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News.

Philippians 2:1-5 – Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate?  Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.  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.You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

What does it mean to have the mind of Christ and then to be of one mind as a community of believers? Does it mean everyone believes the same things down to the last detail? No. The Bible speaks of unity, not uniformity. A better way to understand “one mind and purpose” is that every member of the community is pursuing the same goal: to be like Jesus. The goal is harmony, not unanimity, in pursuing Christ-likeness and living in community together as believers.

Early believing communities engaged in a number of activities to build toward this goal. They prayed, fasted, worshipped, and studied the Scriptures. Since all of those activities are things disciples do individually as well as together, we will explore each one separately as we continue.

The next responsibility is that disciples pray.

In simplest terms, prayer is talking to God. But that needs some thought. Doesn’t God already know what we’re thinking? He does. So why pray?

Prayer isn’t for informing God. Prayer is a way we can show God (and others) that we depend on God. It is a way to express that we want God to act, that we aren’t relying on ourselves, or that we cannot find a solution ourselves. Prayer fosters our own sense of dependence on, and security in, God alone. In that sense, prayer is worship. The same is true for prayer in groups.

In Luke 11:1 the disciples, referring to John the Baptist and his followers, asked Jesus how to pray. Here is the verse, “Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’” Jesus’ response is the now-famous “Lord’s Prayer” (Luke 11:2-4; and Matt 6:9-15). It is important to note that Jesus didn’t tell the disciples what words to pray in the Lord’s Prayer. Rather, he told them to pray “like this” (Matt 9:9). He was giving them a model. We don’t need to use formulas or special words to talk to God. Just talk to God. Also, prayer should never be done for show (Luke 18:9-14).

Jesus’ response is the now-famous “Lord’s Prayer” (Luke 11:2-4; and Matt 6:9-15). It is important to note that Jesus didn’t tell the disciples what words to pray in the Lord’s Prayer. Rather, he told them to pray “like this” (Matt 9:9). He was giving them a model. We don’t need to use formulas or special words to talk to God. Just talk to God. Also, prayer should never be done for show (Luke 18:9-14).

There’s nothing in the Lord’s Prayer that God isn’t already aware of. Again, prayer isn’t about filling in gaps in God’s knowledge. Rather, the Lord’s Prayer is laced with things like worship and honor of God (“may your name be kept holy”), obedience to God’s will (“your will be done”), forgiveness (“forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us”), and requests to be delivered from temptation and evil (“lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from evil”). Prayer is something that is designed to align our hearts with God’s lordship of our lives and build an attitude of dependence on him.

The Bible is filled with prayers, both individual and corporate. If you read them you learn that prayer is also a means by which we can pour out our feelings to God—anger, grief, love, or any other emotion. God isn’t learning anything when we do that. We learn to submit to him, believing he is good and knows best, and asking God for help. Jesus said God would indeed answer in the wider context of his wise will. In other words, God’s answers may not always be what we want, but God knows everything else that’s going on in the course of all human experience and behavior, and is working his greater plan. God may also answer in an unexpected way.

The prayers of the Bible are also not self-focused. Most of their content is aimed at blessing others or asking God’s mercy upon others. Paul’s letters habitually include prayers for those to whom he’s writing. Prayer is not always, or even mostly, about expressing our own needs and wants.

Jesus prayed frequently. He followed his own teaching that prayer should be persistent (Colossians 4:2-6, Luke 18:1-8). Jesus didn’t get every prayer answered, which was acceptable to him, since he was more concerned that God’s will would be done (Matthew [26:36]-46). This is an important reminder about prayer. Jesus taught that God would answer when we pray (Luke 11:9-13), but we cannot assume that God would answer the way we want if we are disobedient to him or not in concert with his own will (James 4:3; 1 John [3:22]; [5:14]).

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 “Disciples Fasting and Worshiping.” 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 1205 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 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!