The Wisdom of Trusting God

The Road of the Wise

Asdov/o3 Wsdahylov Imasdov;ivnu

Imasdovnin Jampan

Proverbs 3:1-9

The greatest boxer of his time, Muhammad Ali Clay was traveling on the plane. Obviously, the plane has rules and regulations for its passengers. It was time to take off and all passengers were asked to buckle up. Ali Clay refused to do it. After repeated requests from the flight attendant to buckle up, he said, “Supermen don’t need seatbelts”. The flight attendant replied, “Supermen don’t need airplanes to fly.”

We move on to the third chapter of Proverbs, the book of Wisdom. Anyone who believes he or she does not need wisdom and can “fly without a plane,” may rethink about their attitude towards themselves.

Let me lay down the structure of this chapter:

“Do not be wise in your own eyes so that you fail to trust God’s ways are best (1-10)

Do not reject the Lord’s teaching so that you miss the life-giving riches of wisdom (11-20)

Do not lose your sense of judgment and discernment so that you take what belongs to your neighbors (21-32)

If you remember these things, you will preserve life and Shalom (peace) for others and yourself.” ¹

1. Remember, my Son!

As you follow this sermon series, you will see that the son growing up. In the second chapter the parents spoke to him, and then God spoke directly to the child. The kids need wisdom and guidance on the road of life. Now the kids have grown up and have become adults. Yet they need to hear their elderly father. They are on their own, but occasionally the father or the mother will advise them. “My son, do not forget my teaching, especially when you are successful and have a great job and good family. Do not forget who you are and what you believe in.”

I don’t know why most of the time success has a tendency to lead our lives towards forgetting our priorities, our background, the teaching we received, even sometimes our families.

We memorize our Social Security number, we memorize our ATM pin number, we memorize our passwords, we memorize phone numbers (lately not as much), and we should not forget the teachings that were entrusted to us. Last Sunday I asked, “Does the Word of God became ‘delight’ and joy in your life? Do you memorize it, digest it? In other words, does it become a part of your life?”

Coming together for worship and teaching is essential; coming together during the week for Bible study and prayer is very important. Daily Bible reading and applying in our lives should not be compromised so that the “teachings” that are entrusted with will be not forgotten.

We will continue in English.