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Worship & Wisdom 2/18/2026

WORSHIP

“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90:12

We adjust our perspective on the time and times of life according to which portion we are in. From a whole life ahead of us to winding down. It affects how we live in those times. Being care-free gives way to being overwhelmed with responsibilities. Adventure and risk surrender to attention to every motion of our body so one does not pull or strain something. We go from ‘break a leg’ to ‘don’t break a hip.’ We have a logbook of all our days lived but as time and times progress the count reverses. The growth of how old transposes to the grappling of how long is left. So, what do we do? How do we Worship God with our time? Realize, acknowledge, and live in the knowledge that HE holds all time, including ours. Live in what we have; TODAY. Wisdom says to take account of what has been done and let that refine what is left to be an act of Worship unto the God who holds all time and times in His hand. Worship, Waste, or Worry?

WISDOM

“Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.” Proverbs 18:1

My, My! The Holy Spirit is a wonderful writer. The language of the Bible is something that the surface level reader will dismiss or pass over without diving into the depths. What we miss can be monumental. Let us look into this Wisdom. I suggest that we examine the bookends of this verse. “Through desire.” I submit that there must be a want to in order to gain Wisdom. This is the outset. In the back half of the verse we see that he “seeketh and intermeddleth.” I get seeketh. A man is looking for something in order to find. But what about intermeddleth? If we break it down… inter: That prefix means to jump in the middle of, as in, interfere, interpose, interrupt, Meddleth would have meddle as its root word. Meddling is digging around to find all the dirt, the info, the 411, facts, the tea. In other words, a man looks to get in the middle of everything there is to know about Wisdom and the matters that require Wisdom. Whatever a man is in the middle of trying to solve or figure out Wisdom is what he seeks. “Eth” means constant. A constant diligent consuming search for Wisdom. Now, how does he do that? The middle part of the sentence tells us; “having separated himself.” Free from distraction, detraction, outside interaction, putting space in his place in order to have clarity and concentration. THAT is the plague of today that hinders Wisdom; distraction. I should not have to point out the primary culprit. You are holding it in your hand right now reading this post. We have to be Wise enough to know the difference between information, opinion, influence and True Wisdom. Sit with Wisdom and let her lead. Wise or foolish?

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Worship & Wisdom 2/17/2026

WORSHIP

“Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.” Psalm 81:1

I love this verse. According to verse 4 this was a statute in Israel, a law of the God of Jacob. Now, let us be honest not everyone has a pleasant sounding voice. That cannot be helped in some cases. I believe that is why the back half of the verse was given. A joyful noise is fully acceptable to God. As we ponder that phrase, a joyful noise, several things occur to me. There are non-musical sounds that make me smile. Children laughing when they are playing sweetly. The sound of waves upon the shore. A mountain stream gurgling over the rocks always brings a smile to my face and peace to my heart. Some other sounds are music to my ears. If a team that I support scores or wins a contest a crowd joins in a joyful noise. Perhaps one of the sweetest sounds is when one of my children says, I love you Daddy. You see, Singing to God and making a joyful noise is not always about a congregation or a crowd. I submit that music to His ears are when we are all by ourselves, just us and Him, and we let loose singing a song to the tops of our lungs when no one else is listening. Or maybe most of all when we find a place of solitude, silence, and stillness and say, Father, I love you. Worship Him aloud, joyfully.

WIDSOM

“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.” Proverbs 17:1

How un-American is this? I would say a full house is a goal for most people. What about the sacrifices reference? Keep in mind, animals were a food source so to set aside an animal or animals for ceremonial sacrifices that the Lord required was a difficult thing to dedicate and not use as a food source. That is why it was called a ‘sacrifice.’ This phrase leads us to believe that only the wealthy would have plenty of sacrifice animals to choose from, so it was not really a sacrifice. It was abundance, opulence, riches. Wisdom says it is literally better to have peace in poverty than conflict in comforts of riches. The question then is, what have we traded for peaceful homes that honor the Lord. Slammed schedules? Maxed out investments and maxed out stress? Constant frustration and conflict in the home in pursuit of ‘the dream’? Wise or Foolish?

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Worship & Wisdom 2/15/2026

“Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.” Psalm 71:8

There are two ways that things fill our mouths; things that we put in our mouth and things that come from within. “… of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.” (Luke 6:45b) The truth of the matter is what we put in is what comes out. I have heard it put this way. Whatever we are full of spills out when we are jostled. A heart that is filled with gratitude will spill out thanksgiving and praise. It will be a conceding that the Lord knows all rather than a complaint for what I don’t know. Out of my mouth will come faith for help and deliverance rather than a flurry of frustration. The trend of today is a positive affirmation of self and building up one’s esteem instead of speaking praise and honor of the Lord who loves us every day, supplies our needs, stays no matter what, speaks through His Word, guides, and keeps His promises. A mouth full of Worship or …?

“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievious words stir up anger.” Proverbs 15:1

Again, words. I must admit, my reactions have not been soft enough of the time. We hear it said, and I agree, that we cannot control the actions of others but we can control our reactions. Easier, I say much easier said than done. Like me, you might suffer from a syndrome called My-Face-Gonna-Show-What-My-Brain-Be-Thinking-itis. It’s in some medical journal, I’m sure. That can be bad enough but real damage comes when I fall prey to No-Brakes-Between-My-Brain-and-My-Mouth-itis. If the regulators of my mouth are not fully engaged then it is slightly possible that my mouth, not yours of course, but my mouth can escalate a situation rather than defuse it. We could agree that it actually takes more controlled strength, also known as meekness, to keep our mouths under control than to say whatever pops out in a moment. This is a Wisdom that I am still searching for as a permanent condition. Wise or Foolish?

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Worship & Wisdom 2/13/2026

“From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.’ Psalm 61:2

How many times have we read and prayed this Psalm? As many days as bills, forecasts, diagnoses, conflicts, tests, disagreements, and decisions have appeared. We become overwhelmed. It is too much. Over our head. Our feet swept away without footing. Sinking. It is not simply the circumstances but the inner strain that captivates and paralyzes our heart. We are reaching like Peter, “SAVE ME!” Then the hand lifts us. The nail-scarred hand. The graven hand (Is 49:16). The keeping hand (Jn 10:28). He Lifts! Higher and higher to His precious bleeding side. He lifts and leads us up and leads us higher and sets us upon Himself, the Rock, where the perspective is above and beyond the overwhelming flow of life.

“A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.” Proverbs 13:1

In one of the constant examples of Wisdom found in Proverbs, the initial impartation of wisdom comes from father to son, mother to daughter. In the cycle of life a child with a godly parent sees them as the source of truth and instruction in their life. Dad knows everything. As age progresses doubt invades. Dad is just bossing me around. He doesn’t know everything. Then the teens and 20’s roll in. Dad is clueless. How did he ever do anything in life. I know better. Eventually real life layers its tentacles around the heart, mind, and body of a person in the form of work, marriage, money, and children. Dad, can I ask you a question? How did you… As the cycles continue to turn, it turns out, my godly Dad and Mom knew everything after all. The same is true with God and His children. If we will not obey and heed the wisdom of a godly earthly parent, we will not heed nor obey the Heavenly Father. Wise or Scorner?

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