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Worship & Wisdom 2/26/2026

WORSHIP

“The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.” Psalm 126:3

Such a simple acknowledgement. The great God of heaven and earth ONLY does great things. The fact that He does great things for us is worth recognizing. In such a neurotic depressed and mentally fragile society, we find very few people who are glad about anything of worth. A simple turn toward the Savior, a moment of Worship, a recognition of gladness over the great things like life, breath, and the love of the Lord, is completely in order and possibly life changing for the down and disheartened.

WISDOM

“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.” “Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.” Proverbs 26:4-5

This is absolutely one of my favorite bits of Wisdom in Proverbs. It looks initially like a complete contradiction. Can’t you hear the Bible deniers gloating and prating over such an obvious inner contradiction. However, when you sit and think about your life and the people you have encountered, maybe even in your own household, these two back-to-back verses make perfect sense. “Answer not,” or “Answer,” is a matter of spiritual discernment, also known as Wisdom. You and I know people who cannot be corrected and are bound and determined to stubbornly and ignorantly stick to their ‘folly’ no matter what. Even if they are proven wrong to the face. However, there are also people who simply know no better and can be guided to better information and truth who will be instructed, even if it is a little embarrassing. It is the job of the Wise to make that realization as un-embarrassing as possible. The trick is to know yourself, and know who you are dealing with; a true fool or a fool who can become Wise. BUT REMEMBER verse 4. It is possible to misjudge the situation and look foolish yourself. Wise or Foolish?

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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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