Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with images and lyrics from the group, Selah, singing … Be Thou My Vision … poignantly singing of the reality we have in following our Lord as our ultimate source of wisdom.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1st Kings 12:13 [NLT] … 13 And the king [Rehoboam] was hard in his answer to them. For he turned away from the wise words the leaders had given him.
… A young king ignoring the wisdom of his elders.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1st Kings 12:1-7, 12-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Young king Rehoboam, after the death of Solomon, ignored the wisdom of the elders and it cost him his kingdom.
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Reference Passage : … Job 12:12 [NLT] … 12 Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old.
… Generally, we can seek Godly wisdom from Godly elders.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 1:5, 12;15, 15:22 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, shows believers how we must seek counsel from those wiser (and generally elder) to us.
Reference Passage : … 1 Peter 5:1-5 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Peter, teaches on how the elders should lead wisely in the church and the youth should follow the wisdom of the elders.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Poh Fang Chia, used a newspaper reference from his country, to teach on using the wisdom of those older and more experienced than we to seek guidance and direction. The ODB author wrote: In 2010, a newspaper in Singapore published a special report that contained life lessons gleaned from eight senior citizens. It opened with these words: “While aging brings challenges to mind and body, it can also lead to an expansion in other realms. There is an abundance of emotional and social knowledge; qualities which scientists are beginning to define as wisdom . . . the wisdom of elders.”
And in today’s ODB highlight passage we read of Solomon’s young son, Rehoboam, who became king after his father died, ignoring the counsel of the elders in Jerusalem which ultimately led to his demise as king.
Personally, … I think - too often - in this “post-modern” era, especially the younger ones in our world, totally ignore any wisdom which might come from an older generation. The so-called “millennials” or those even younger from “Gen-Z,” … yes, even younger Christians … ignore God’s wisdom from the reference passages above. They want to get their wisdom from each other via social media and the flood of information from the Web; and all we have to do is look at the headlines and see the results of this cultural era of entitlement.
I pray today that all who read with me, will take to heart the wisdom from God’s truth in the Scriptures above and actively seek wisdom from Godly elders who’ve been there, … done it all, … and are so willing to give us their Godly “GPS” from His truth.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for my elders who’re willing to impart Your wisdom to me.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Help me to listen to those older than I, who’re so willing to provide counsel and direction for me. … Amen
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