I have decided to create a new category named "Lessons from the Pulpit." Under this category I plan to post short thoughts on sermons that I have recently heard. Since God has blessed my wife and I in placing us in a church where the preaching seems to always "grab" our hearts, I do not think it will be difficult. The only potential problem I can foresee is that, if I do not comment on it soon enough, some of the particulars will begin to fade from my memory. That is a sad indictment of my flesh, and not of the preaching.
This last Sunday morning's sermon was on Proverbs 4. Wisdom. Surely wisdom is something we all desire to gain a little more of. Verse 7 says "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding." In my bible, next to this verse I have a note referring to Proverbs 9: 10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
By the time our Pastor was half way through the sermon I was ready to go back to school, or maybe commit to trying to learn Greek! Not that I think I can actually find time to do either of those things, but it is a testament to how inspiring I found the sermon.
One of the final points concerned verse 13 which says "Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life." Take hold of what you learn; make it a part of you; put it into practice! I am not sure that any "learning" can even be called wisdom, unless you grasp it in such a way that it is there for you to use when you need it . May God help us all to bring to mind his word each time that we need his guidance. Hmm, guess that would be pretty much all the time!
Monday, May 21, 2007
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