Life Lessons From God

As you know, one of my themes is "of what practical use is the Bible"?  What are the actual real world benefits of our faith in Christ?  Eternal life is great but it is a bit hard to wrap our minds around in the here and now. 

Well today I want to offer a great example of how exquisite God's plan really is.

Once we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are told that one of the foundations of a growing faith is to seek God through daily study of His Word.  We are taught to make it a daily, lifelong habit to seek knowledge and wisdom from God's Word.  It's not easy.  It takes discipline.  But it creates a lifelong habit of learning.

But how does that help us in the real world?  Take a look at this scripture.

Proverbs 3:13-18(NKJV)

13    Happy is the man who finds wisdom,      And the man who gains understanding;

14    For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver,     And her gain than fine gold.

15    She is more precious than rubies,     And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.

16    Length of days is in her right hand,     In her left hand riches and honor.

17    Her ways are ways of pleasantness,     And all her paths are peace.

18    She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,     And happy are all who retain her.

Did you catch that last part?  She (knowledge and wisdom) is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her.

Now how is that of practical use?  Let's compare two kinds of people.  First you have the type of person that graduates from high school or even college and then declares something like "Glad that's done.  I'm never reading another book again".  Then you have the other type who is curious and continues throughout life to learn new things and skills.  Long term, of the two types, who do you think is going to have the more satisfying and successful life?  My guess would be the ones that continue to learn new things throughout their lifetime, wouldn't you agree?

The practical thing that transfers from your daily faith walk is that you are already a daily seeker of knowledge.  It is really easy to transfer that discipline and skill to all other walks of your life.

Now look at how Proverbs describes the different results of our two types of people.

Proverbs 3:35(NKJV)

35    The wise shall inherit glory,      But shame shall be the legacy of fools.

God's plan is so cool!