Hi, Zane.
Welcome to 2022! I’m thinking that it may play out to be one of the most incredible, monumental, and unprecedented years in all human history!—which indeed is HIS-STORY! It’s getting more and more exciting! I hope you agree, and will be focused and disciplined to manage your affairs accordingly.
I’ve decided to kick off the year with the first chapter of Proverbs. Reading it again this morning impresses me all over again with what an amazing and valuable piece of literature it really is. Insofar as setting a proper foundation on which to build a successful life, it’s all there! Make no mistake about it, Zane—failure to establish this foundation is, in fact, a recipe for disaster!
Have a great first day of the year—as you purpose to do it right!
Love and prayers—Tua/Ray.
Right thinking yields right living. Wrong thinking yields wrong living. Viewing human life in these simple terms is, I believe, an expression of right thinking. It’s really not very complicated. How can it be otherwise?
Addressing this universal need for right thinking is the clear aim and theme of this book of Proverbs. If we can agree that right thinking is a universal need, and that this book offers a valuable resource for meeting that need, shouldn’t there also be a universal pursuit of this book and its contents? Please say, YES! However, right thinking is NOT the universal beginning point of mankind. According to Biblical revelation, it’s really quite the opposite. The universal sin nature renders us universally foolish. And a “fool” in Biblical use of the word is one who is morally and rationally deficient when they don’t need to be. Therefore, verse 7 of this first chapter offers a concise overview of the facts before us. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”
It only makes good sense to me that if I fail to pursue and conform to the first half of this verse, I automatically become the fulfillment of the second half by default. I acknowledge that I have a lot of ongoing homework.