THIS DAILY MEETUP IS A WAY YOU CAN LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT WISDOM, FROM A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE. THE BOOK OF PROVERBS IS ALL ABOUT WISDOM. FROM THE WISEST MAN IN THE BIBLE, KING SOLOMON. COVERING ONE TO A FEW VERSES A DAY...BY THE END OF A YEAR, YOU WILL HAVE HEARD AND UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE BOOK OF PROVERBS. ALLOWING YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON GOD'S WORD AND NOT YOUR EMOTIONS.
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episode 51: Day 51 Debt Options | Proverbs 6:4-5
Debt Options
Verse 4
If we want freedom, then we must not be lazy. We must not delay until tomorrow. If we delay, then we might never take action.
God calls us to trust him now. Do not be like King Agrippa. Paul spoke to the king about Jesus. Agrippa answered, ‘You cannot persuade me so quickly to become a Christian.’ He was not ready to trust God. Perhaps he was never ready to trust God. (Acts 26:28)
Earlier, Paul spoke to a ruler called Felix...
episode 50: Day 50 Foolish Debt | Proverbs 6:1-3
Foolish Debt
Verses 1-2
In this poem, Solomon compares our mistakes to a hunter’s trap. When a hunter works, he may build traps. He hides his traps so that animals will not see them. He hopes that the animals will fall into his traps. Then he can kill and eat the animals.
In our lives, our mistakes can be like traps. Perhaps we want to do the right thing. Perhaps our plans are good. But our best plans could fail. Then, like a trap, our plans can destroy us...
episode 49: Day 49 Adultery Trap | Proverbs 5:22-23
Adultery Trap
Verses 22-23
The evil man is foolish. He thinks that he is free. But his evil behaviour will make him into a slave. He can hide his actions from other people. But he cannot hide from God (Numbers 32:23). This man’s evil behaviour will destroy him. This man should invite God into his life. This man needs to ask God to forgive him. God will save the evil man, but only if the man trusts God.
episode 48: Day 48 Mans Ruin | Proverbs 5:20-21
Mans Ruin
Perhaps, like David, we do some wrong things in secret (2 Samuel chapters 11 and 12). A woman might tempt a man. They might think that nobody knows. They are wrong because God knows. He sees our secret actions. He knows everything that we do in private. Like David, if we have done wrong things, we should turn to God. David’s prayer in Psalm 51 will help us to understand why we must ask God to forgive us.
episode 47: Day 47 Gods Marriage Provision | Proverbs 5:17-19
Marriage Provision
Marriage is God’s gift. A husband and wife should give themselves to each other. They should enjoy their marriage. They should love each other. They attract each other, and this is good.
episode 46: Day 46 Gods Marriage Gift | Proverbs 5:15-16
Marriage Gift
Verses 15-16
Here, Solomon talks about water. In dry countries, water is valuable. Clean water is very precious. You should not waste water. It should not flow into the streets. It should not pour out, into the town. Your family and your animals should drink it. You should water your crops. Use it wisely!
Think about your own life in the same way. You should use your strength wisely. If you follow your emotions, you will waste your energy...
episode 45: Day 45 Adultery Consequences | Proverbs 5:13-14
Adultery Consequences
Verses 13-14
These verses teach us the result, if we live for our desires. In the end our wrong desires will ruin us. They will bring us to despair.
Solomon warns his son. He explains what will happen to a foolish son. The son will become an old man one day. Then the son will ask himself what his life achieved. He will see that he achieved nothing. He ruined his life, because he did not serve God...
episode 44: Day 44 The Ruin of Adultery | Proverbs 5:8-12
The Ruin of Adultery
Solomon advises that his son should not even meet the married woman. Solomon’s son must be very careful. He should not enter her house. He should not even walk near her door.
If the son walks near her door, then he might enter. If he enters, he might listen to her. Her speech is attractive (verse 3). She will tempt him. If he listens to her, he might want to have sex with her.
Solomon’s father, David, had a similar experience (2 Samuel 11-12)...
episode 43: Day 43 Consequences | Proverbs 5:5-7
Verse 5
If our behaviour is evil, then the result, in the end, is death. Solomon’s son might die if he follows the married woman. Solomon does not say how his son could die. The woman’s angry husband may kill the young man. The woman herself might be a murderer. Or the whole town might punish the son for his evil actions.
Occasionally, evil actions lead straight to death. Usually, the process is slower, step by step...
episode 42: Day 42 Evil Ideas | Proverbs 5:3-4
Verse 3
Evil ideas, a married woman attracts a young man. She seems so beautiful. When he kisses her, her lips seem to taste like honey. When he listens to her, her words are so attractive. He does not think about the woman’s husband. He does not think about God’s law. He does not even think about the results of his actions. He only thinks about her.
Sometimes evil ideas attract us. These ideas might seem sweet and pleasant...