WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:14.439 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible guys. Are 4 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:16.120 you excited, Wesley, I am excited. 5 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:16.679 Yes. 6 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:21.000 Wednesday it is when, yes, and it's the day before 7 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.079 Thanksgiving yes, yeah. So people are getting ready and today 8 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.239 is a workday for people. Yes, they're working and they're cooking. Yeah, 9 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:29.679 and well a lot of people are not you not your. 10 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:33.039 Wife, because we are doing the catering. You're catering in man, 11 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:34.399 we're doing it the smart way. 12 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:37.320 That day you're key one and done, baby drop. 13 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:38.520 It and then we're doing well. 14 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:40.439 Hey, welcome to the Bible guys. And we are in 15 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:43.520 the middle of a series about God's promises. But before 16 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:46.640 we get into that, we are talking today. Uh well, 17 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:49.679 a segment of today that Desiree has given us. And 18 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:52.320 this is one of my favorites. It is would you rather? 19 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:52.799 Would you? 20 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:55.119 And the reason why I like would you rather? Is 21 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:58.799 usually it's two bad choices, but you are you have 22 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:01.799 to pick one. Yeah, right, So that's the concept of 23 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:03.799 would you rather? Would you rather do this or that? 24 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.359 But you have to pick even if they're both bad. Yeah, 25 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:08.200 so you want to take turns of reading them? 26 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:10.840 Okay, yeah, you want to. Number one, would you rather 27 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:15.280 cook the entire Thanksgiving meal by yourself or clean up 28 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:19.760 everything by yourself? For me? Hands down clean up? 29 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:23.280 Yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you in this. Now 30 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:24.000 tell me why. 31 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:27.319 I mean, it's just so much work preparing the food. 32 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:28.319 Yeah, I mean it is. 33 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:32.400 You know, there's a lot of like measuring science. There's 34 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:34.079 a lot that goes into science. 35 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.719 Wow. I was gonna say arts, yeah, but no science. 36 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.599 I guess both, right, Yeah. Yeah. The single only reason 37 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:43.920 why I would definitely clean up, Well, there's two reasons. 38 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.400 The primary reason is I'm not a good cook. 39 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:47.719 Yeah, so I would. 40 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:51.519 Mess everything up. My kids would literally like say, let's 41 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:55.319 go to Bob Evans. Yeah, because Dad messed up every 42 00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:00.000 single part of the meal other than maybe the mashed potatoes. Yeah, 43 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:01.920 because I know how to do that, because I help 44 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:03.760 my mom when I was a kid for forever with that. 45 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.840 But other than that, Yeah, And I guess the secondary 46 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:10.199 reason is I don't mind cleaning. Yeah, I don't mind 47 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.240 doing dishes. Yeah, so I don't mind. 48 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.080 That's my wife's side of the family, so they are 49 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.879 like meat to the tenth degree. Really yeah? 50 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:19.719 So wow? 51 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:20.319 Yeah? 52 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.520 Okay, So do you does your wife clean as she 53 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:26.039 goes or is it more so at the end. 54 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:29.680 It depends on on what. So if we're talking about 55 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:33.919 like cooking, like for Thanksgiving, she would do it as 56 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.319 she goes because that's how her parents did it. Her 57 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:40.599 parents literally if when we go visit them in Florida, 58 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:45.400 when they cook breakfast, yeah, by the time breakfast is done, 59 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:47.000 the kitchen is spotless. 60 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:47.560 Wow. 61 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:49.479 That's literally how they do it. 62 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:53.639 Wow. So's that's unusual. Yeah, I would say that's unusual. Yes, 63 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.639 all right. Number two? Would you rather only have pie 64 00:02:56.680 --> 00:03:01.680 for Thanksgiving dinner? Or have only side dishes? 65 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.919 Oh? So this is easy for me. I'm a side 66 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.560 dish person. I'm not a big meat person. Yep, so 67 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:11.719 I'll take the side dishes all day. 68 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:15.560 Well, I am a very big carne meat person. However, 69 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.599 I would definitely choose side dishes over pie, mainly because 70 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:21.000 I'm not a big sweet sky. 71 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:23.560 Oh I'm a big sweets person. 72 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:27.560 Yeah. So so I love pie. Yeah, and I will 73 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:29.400 force myself to eat pie at Thanksgiving. 74 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:31.960 But wait a minute, we got to do the most 75 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:36.680 important thing. Oh sweet potato or pumpkin. There is only 76 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:40.199 one choice here, Chris. There is no in between sweet 77 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:41.360 potato or pumpkin. 78 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:45.520 I already have a very strong feeling you're gonna say 79 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:50.639 sweet potato. Yes, but I grew up with pumpkin. Oh man, Yeah, 80 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:51.479 so it's pumpkin. 81 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:53.439 I'm just not a fan of pumpkin. I don't know 82 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:54.039 what it is. 83 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:56.719 I love a good pumpkin pie. Yeah, I love a 84 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:59.479 good pumpkin pie. So all right, go ahead. 85 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:05.639 Number three. Would you rather your stuffing be too dry 86 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:10.000 or your cranberry sauce be too sour? Now that would 87 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:14.840 be too bad? Choices right there? Yeah, stuffing too gonna. 88 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.680 I'm gonna pick for me stuffing to dry, because I 89 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:19.639 believe or not, I'm one of the very few people 90 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:23.279 that loves the jellied cranberry sauce. 91 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:27.480 Okay, you know the kind of the can. I listen, 92 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.959 I don't just what we grew up with you in 93 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:30.439 the can. 94 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:33.759 I don't like it? Yeah, I love it. Yeah, in fact, 95 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:35.319 it's a requirement for Thanksgiving. 96 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:35.639 Yeah. 97 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.879 One year years ago, like ten years ago, Liz forgot 98 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:42.439 the jellied cranberry sauce and I literally got in the 99 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:47.680 car and drove on Thanksgiving Day, which surprisingly people things 100 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:50.279 are still open. Yeah, and I went and I could 101 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:53.399 not eat Thanksgiving meal with that jelly. Yeah, and I 102 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:55.879 and what I mean, I love it. It makes the 103 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.480 whole meal for me. So therefore stuffing I could do 104 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:01.600 without stuff. Yeah, but I have to have my jelly 105 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:02.279 cranbery sauce. 106 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:08.519 Oh that's pretty good. What about you see? That's that's tough. 107 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:13.079 I mean, I don't really like sour things, like, you know, 108 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:15.199 like growing up, even as a kid, people would have 109 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:18.920 like sour patch kids and me sour things. I never 110 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:22.279 was a big sour person, So I might have to 111 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:24.319 go with the stuffing. I don't know. The stuffing being 112 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.560 too dry, I mean to me, that's not the end 113 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.160 of the world. It would be different if it tasted bad. 114 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:32.839 But if it's just a little dryer, I could live. 115 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:36.560 With it, youdio, Yeah, I could live with it, all right, 116 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.000 all right. Number four, Would you rather have your Thanksgiving 117 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:45.639 dinner photographed for a magazine or judged on a cooking show? 118 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:47.199 What a question? 119 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:52.240 Wow, I might take photographed for a magazine versus being judged. 120 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:57.680 Yeah, I'm gonna do that too, only because it always 121 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:01.639 looks phenomenal. Yeah, right, And and so my wife would 122 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:04.800 do a phenomenal job there. Now do I think she 123 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:08.360 would do well because she cooks very well. Yes, I 124 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.920 actually do think she'd do well. Yeah, but I would much. 125 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:13.040 I mean, cooking shows. 126 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:14.680 Are harsh, but I was going to say that on 127 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:18.560 a cooking show, you're being critiqued on everything, right, you 128 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.040 know they'll find something to critique critique you. 129 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.319 On, right, right, right, Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna go with that. 130 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:24.639 I'm gonna go with photographed. 131 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.720 Yeah. Then number five? Would you rather have to dress 132 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:32.639 like a pilgrim all day or wear a turkey costume 133 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:33.240 all day? 134 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:34.519 Is there a competition here? 135 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:35.639 Yeah? 136 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:37.959 Right, I mean pilgrim all day long? It's just like 137 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.800 a black suit with a hat, right, I don't know. 138 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:44.279 I mean, yeah, I guess so, But I'm trying to 139 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:47.279 think so, I wouldn't mind. But hear me out on 140 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:51.120 this one. A turkey costume all day may not be 141 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.240 bad in the right setting. As an example, if you 142 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.399 went to the Thanksgiving Day parade dressed as a turkey, 143 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.439 no one would batter not you blend in. 144 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:04.120 Well, yeah, but you blended as a pilgrim too, true. 145 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.439 But I think the kids would love it if you 146 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:08.120 were the turkey. 147 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:09.680 They want to take pictures. 148 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:09.920 You know. 149 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.439 It's amazing to me. Your mind went to a parade 150 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.639 when I was picturing myself at the house. Wow. 151 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.160 So yeah, Now if you're just at home, watch yeah 152 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:22.319 maybe the Yeah. 153 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.680 Because I don't go to Thanksgiving parades. Yeah, so I 154 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:25.079 was always thinking my context. 155 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:27.360 Yeah, so if you're out in public, I'm going with 156 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:28.319 the turkey costume. 157 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:32.399 All right? All right? Well hey, uh those are fun 158 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.720 to think about, and they really make you think, don't they? 159 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:35.079 Yes? 160 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:36.399 Would you rather than make you think? 161 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:37.360 They make you think? 162 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:43.120 And another thing that makes you think is proverbs. 163 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:47.199 I feel like these are getting worse and worse. 164 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:50.480 Yeah, well, I mean especially the Book of Proverbs. Yes, 165 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:54.959 because because it goes from truth nugget to truth nugget 166 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:58.160 piece of advice, the piece of advice, it really truly 167 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:01.759 does make you think. It does and it forces you 168 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:03.839 to make a choice, just like these. Would you rather? 169 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:04.519 Yes? 170 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:09.199 Hey, I thought that was a good transition. I'm shooting for, 171 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.160 like like weighted transitions. 172 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:15.120 It raise is gonna cut that one out? 173 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:19.360 No, no, no, no, hey, we're in Proverbs, very famous verse 174 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.240 Proverbs three, five and six, but we're going to go 175 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.759 all the way from Proverbs three to one to. 176 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:29.240 What the end of twenty three twenty three? Okay, okay, 177 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:32.360 here we go. So Proverbs chapter three, starting at verse one, 178 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:35.720 My child, never forget the things I have taught you. 179 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:39.600 Store my commands in your heart. If you do this, 180 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.279 you will live many years in your life will be satisfying. 181 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:47.679 Never let loyalty and kindness leave you. Tie them around 182 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.320 your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. 183 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:54.320 Then you will find favor with both God and people, 184 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.399 and you will earn a good reputation. Trust in the 185 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:01.120 Lord with all your heart. Do not depend on your 186 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:05.240 own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and 187 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:08.399 he will show you which path to take. Don't be 188 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:12.000 impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and 189 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:15.080 turn away from evil. Then you will have healing for 190 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.360 your body and strength for your bones. Honor the Lord 191 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:21.759 with your wealth and with the best part of everything 192 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:25.399 you produce. Then he will fill your burns with grain, 193 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:29.559 and your vets will overflow with good wine. My child, 194 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:33.480 don't reject the Lord's discipline, and don't be upset when 195 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.840 he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, 196 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.720 just as a father corrects a child in whom he 197 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:43.840 delights Joyful was the person who finds wisdom, the one 198 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:48.039 who gains understanding. For wisdom is more profitable than silver, 199 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:51.840 and her wages are better than gold. Wisdom is more 200 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:55.519 precious than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with her. 201 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:59.000 She offers you long life in her right hand and 202 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:02.320 riches an honor in her left. She will guide you 203 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:07.519 down delightful paths. All her ways are satisfying. Wisdom is 204 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.480 a tree of life to those who embrace her. Happy 205 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:14.559 are those who hold her tightly by wisdom. The Lord 206 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:17.799 found at the earth by understanding. He created the heavens. 207 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:21.759 By his knowledge, the deep fountains of the earth burst forth, 208 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.679 and the dew settles beneath the night sky. My child, 209 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:29.600 don't lose sight of common sense and discernment. Hang on 210 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.600 to them, for they will refresh your soul. They are 211 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.799 like jewels on a necklace. They keep you safe on 212 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:38.320 your way, and your feet will not stumble. 213 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:46.679 I love how Solomon always refers to Wisdom as a her. 214 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:51.000 Yeah yeah, right yeah, And he refers to she and 215 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:55.440 her as if as if it's a person. And then 216 00:10:55.519 --> 00:11:00.159 always says how valuable she is and how much you 217 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:04.480 should sacrifice in order to obtain wisdom and attain her 218 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:11.919 right kind of great. So hey, the key verses are 219 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:14.080 some of the most quoted verses in all the Bible, 220 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:17.879 Proverbs three, five, and six. Wouldn't you say, Yeah, people 221 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:19.399 really do love this verse. 222 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:21.840 Yeah. When I was reading this, I had to, in 223 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.879 my mind not read it from the King James version, 224 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:27.840 which is how I learned it. In lean, not you know, 225 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:29.279 put your own understanding? 226 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:32.399 Yea, yeah, yeah, So it says trust in the Lord 227 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.600 with all your heart, and do not depend on your 228 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:38.039 own understanding. Seek his will and all you do, and 229 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:41.399 he will show you which path to take. So just 230 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:45.000 those verses alone. Again, keeping with our theme of wisdom 231 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:49.519 and guidance is that it says trust and so the 232 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:52.240 first thing that we can do is realize that God's 233 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:55.840 guidance begins with trust. Right. Trust means to rely on, 234 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:59.960 to rest in, to place confidence upon that we should 235 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.559 We should completely trust God, and we trust God for 236 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:06.919 who he is. And a lot of times, uh, you know, 237 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.519 when we have trouble with God, we have trouble with 238 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:15.879 the why of things. Right, don't don't you Heaven. You 239 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:18.240 have conversations with people where they say, if I just 240 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.240 understood why, you know, if I just knew why, then 241 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:25.200 I could be more okay with it. But sometimes we're 242 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:28.159 not given the why. Sometimes we are, sometimes we're not. 243 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:32.200 And I think that whenever things happen in our lives, 244 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:36.080 especially tragedies, that that forced us that we just want 245 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:38.639 to know the reason why. When we don't know why, 246 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:42.399 we have to lean in the what and the who. Right, 247 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:45.519 So we let's put the why aside and let's lean 248 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:47.440 into the what and the who. The what is all 249 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:49.919 the promises that are given to us, and the who 250 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.799 is who. God is right, and so God is, it's 251 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.840 the character of God. It's the the intention of God, 252 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:59.840 that the love of the love that God has for us, 253 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:02.840 the promises that tell us that He wants was best 254 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:06.240 for us, and so that that really is the basis 255 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:09.519 of our trust. Yeah, our trust is I mean, I 256 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.279 understand the why, but I trust the Who. 257 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:15.759 Yeah. And I love how it says trust. It doesn't 258 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:18.360 just say trust in the Lord. It says trust in 259 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:21.720 the Lord with all your heart. Yea. So that means 260 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:25.399 with every ounce of everything that you have on the inside, 261 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:30.279 trust God with everything that you have. So that can 262 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:32.879 be tough sometimes to trust the Lord with your whole 263 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:36.120 heart when you don't know the next step or you 264 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:39.559 can't see the way. I have an overactive imagination, and 265 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:44.080 when I read this verse, I think of what was 266 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.039 that the Indiana Jones and it might have been the 267 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:49.200 Temple of Doom. I don't remember which one it was. 268 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:54.120 But when he had to walk across that invisible. 269 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:56.200 Oh yeah, that was the that was the search for 270 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:56.600 the grail. 271 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:00.279 Okay, yeah, yeah, So I think of that, how you 272 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:03.120 got to just trust God. It doesn't always make sense, 273 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:07.879 it's not necessarily intuitively what you might think to do, 274 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:11.120 but you still have to trust God because he knows 275 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.080 what's the correct path to take. So I think that's 276 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:17.200 something that we have to remember and don't depend on 277 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:21.399 your own understanding, because your own understanding can lie to you. 278 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:22.960 You know, you can be praying to God, you know, 279 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:26.039 should in a dating situation, should I go back to 280 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.799 that person? I know they're no good for me, and 281 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:32.000 you kind of already know the answer, but your heart 282 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:36.360 will say give them another chance. Meanwhile, God is saying 283 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:39.000 I told you never to date that person in the 284 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:42.600 first place. That's right, So don't lean upon your own understanding, 285 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.399 trust in God with your whole heart. 286 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:49.679 Yeah right, yeah, so you know, And I love what 287 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:52.960 you said there about your whole heart because your whole 288 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:55.440 heart really means every area of your life. 289 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:55.799 Yeah. 290 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.879 So you know, sometimes we're willing to give God one 291 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:00.840 area of our lives but not the other. 292 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:03.159 Right, But God, you can deal with this, but I'm 293 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:03.879 keeping this. 294 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:08.000 And and dating often is one of those things right 295 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:10.519 where it's like, Okay, God, I'll give you my finances, 296 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:13.519 I'll tithe, and I'll honor you. That's not a problem 297 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.720 for me. I'll give you my anger problems, I'll give 298 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.279 you my you know, morality, and my choices, my wisdom, 299 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.600 and even how I run my business. But don't tell 300 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:25.600 me how to date or who to date, right, or 301 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:27.639 it could be the opposite of those things, right, we 302 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:29.720 can say, hey, no problem on the dating, but not 303 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.519 with the finances. So I think that trusting God with 304 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:38.080 your whole heart represents categories of our lives, aspects of 305 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:41.960 our lives. So it's a good reason to reflect, you know, 306 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:44.679 it's a good it's a good challenge to reflect and say, Okay, God, 307 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:47.639 you know what part am I holding back. I'm not 308 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:51.200 giving you the whole part of me, just most of me. 309 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:51.759 Right. 310 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:55.080 And then here's another thing that stands out on these verses. 311 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:57.639 When it says do not lean on your own understanding, 312 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:01.519 there's a couple of things that that implies. Number one, 313 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:05.720 it implies that our understanding is limited. Right, And so 314 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:08.039 it's like, don't lean on your own understanding. Why you 315 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:12.000 have to ask why? What's because your own understanding isn't God's. 316 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.600 So in Isaiah, God says, my ways are higher than 317 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.960 your ways, My thoughts are higher than your thoughts. Only 318 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:23.000 God has full understanding as to what's happening in our lives. 319 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:26.799 And Proverbs three five and six represents, like you said 320 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:31.279 last podcast, acrossroads, right, So it says it will show 321 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:35.039 you which path to take that indicates a crossroads moment, 322 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:37.200 you know, like I could take this path or I 323 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.000 could take this path. 324 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:38.639 And so. 325 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.759 Just know that when you lean on God's understanding, the 326 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:46.759 trust comes in knowing that our understanding is limited. 327 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:49.679 Yeah, And I think that's super important to remember that 328 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.919 we can't see the whole picture. And I think as 329 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.440 human beings we think we see the whole picture, and 330 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:59.679 really we don't. We're only getting a sliver of that piece. 331 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:03.200 I think about my dad when he was praying, and 332 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:06.559 this would have been late seventies, early eighties. He used 333 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:10.680 to work for a Ford, a motor company, and there 334 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:13.039 was a lot of just transition in that time. If 335 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:17.240 anybody knows the history of the automotive industry back then, 336 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:20.359 you had a lot of imports coming in at that time, 337 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:22.839 so it was putting pressure on the Big three. They 338 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:26.279 were downsizing a little bit. So my dad had an 339 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:30.799 opportunity to go to a different division, and he was 340 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:35.000 praying about that, and everything about that option seemed great. 341 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:37.960 I mean it was we would have had to move. 342 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:43.119 But other than that, the pay scene fine, the deal 343 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:47.480 on the table scene fine. But he strongly felt the 344 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:51.839 lord told him no, and saying no means he would 345 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:55.480 have been laid off. But he said no, and he 346 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:58.160 didn't take that option. He talked to some of the 347 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.640 guys later on who took that option, and like that 348 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:06.079 whole division ended up getting disbanded in later on, wow, 349 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:09.680 like wiped away. So my dad in the moment could 350 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:12.440 have thought he knew the right way. This seems and 351 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:15.200 feels good. It seems like right, this is the way 352 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:17.079 to go, and it's really not the way to go. 353 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:20.480 That's why with major life decisions we need to lean 354 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:22.759 on God and not on our own understanding. 355 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:27.359 Yeah, and that's that story is dependent on the fact 356 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:30.640 that your father was confident that he heard from God. Yeah, right, 357 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:32.759 so he so he you know, because because it's one 358 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.079 thing to say, is that God or is that me? 359 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:37.920 You know? But but but you know, that's a whole 360 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.839 nother sherman al together. 361 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.200 Yeah. 362 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:42.279 But once we understand and we believe and trust that 363 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:44.480 that is the voice of God, that's the leading of God, 364 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:46.119 then trust it with your whole heart. 365 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.519 Yeah. 366 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:50.279 Yeah, that's great. And then somebody once told me that 367 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:54.160 this is such a great thought. It's impossible to lean 368 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:56.440 in two directions at the same time. 369 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:58.240 Oh that's good, that's true. 370 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:00.960 So it's either your leaning to the left or to 371 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:04.200 the right, because you can only lean one way. So 372 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:07.240 it's either you're leaning more towards your own understanding or 373 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:10.839 you're leaning on God's wisdom. And so that's why it says, 374 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:13.160 you know, trust a little with all your heart and 375 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:16.440 lean not to your own understanding, but in all your 376 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:21.839 ways acknowledge him. And so Acknowledging him is also another 377 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:27.960 sermon right there too. Acknowledging means means submitting, not just 378 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:32.279 mentioning God. Right, So this one doesn't say acknowledge. It 379 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:36.720 actually says seek Him with all you do. But the 380 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:40.920 version that we memorize was acknowledge. But sometimes acknowledging means 381 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.920 to mention. But this doesn't mean to mention. It means 382 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:47.720 submission acknowledging. God says, Okay, God, you're in control. I'm 383 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:53.519 acknowledging your Lord, your God, your CEO. You're the final 384 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:56.319 authority in my life. And that's the acknowledgement that we're 385 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:59.519 talking about here, right, which is translated into seek His 386 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:01.680 will in all you do. 387 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:03.359 Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's good. 388 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:04.400 It's important, Chris. 389 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:07.240 We got to sneak this one in time. Is we're 390 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:10.039 running out of time. But verse twenty one, my child, 391 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:14.759 don't lose sight of common sense and discernment. Hang on 392 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:17.200 to them, for they will refresh your soul. They are 393 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:19.759 like jewels on a necklace. They will keep you safe 394 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:24.079 in your way, and your feet will not stumble. God says, 395 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:28.559 there is a thing we shouldn't rely totally on it, 396 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:33.279 but there is a thing called common sense, that's right, discernment. 397 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:37.039 That's right. Well, you know, you know it's it's I 398 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:42.279 remember hearing a Sherman one time, and the conclusion of 399 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.559 the entire series actually was like a four week sermon. 400 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:50.079 The entire conclusion was that one question, it's the question 401 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:54.119