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 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:16.559 Hey, good morning everybody. Oh talent, yes, wow? Did you 5 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:17.559 ever do that low ranger? 6 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:24.760 Yes? Yes, so glad to the Bible Guys. 7 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:28.160 I'm Chris. This is Jeff and we are here today. 8 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:29.800 And clearly he's the most talented of the two of 9 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:31.559 us are here, yes. 10 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:36.840 And uh and Seymour movies and the better looking and 11 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:39.640 what what else can draw better? 12 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:42.759 Come on? 13 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:48.880 Mand that doesn't feel good? 14 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:50.840 Stage? One time? 15 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.000 We're on stage one time when I first got hired, 16 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:57.439 and you know, he gives me a hard time, like 17 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:58.560 behind the scenes. 18 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:01.560 All the time the time, and I'm my love language. 19 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:03.159 We're on the stage or I said something like, oh 20 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.480 body want to marry you or something and he goes, oh, 21 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:07.560 that was hurtful, Chris. 22 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.560 So anyway, and I was like what I was like, 23 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:12.879 you're going to take the high road. 24 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:17.040 Sometimes it's fun because you know, I've developed that that 25 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.519 reputation that just dig and dig and dig everybody that 26 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:21.760 I love. I just kind of poked fun at and 27 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:24.359 you know, don't take myself too seriously and whatever. 28 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:26.239 So yeah, well you did it publicly. 29 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:29.159 But on that one, on that one, what what I 30 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.439 like to do on occasion is because that reputation is 31 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:33.959 dig dig dig dig dig. Then when I have a 32 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.400 sense that somebody's working hard to dig at me, sometimes 33 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:39.680 I'll just give it to you. And it's like pulling 34 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:41.560 the rug out from under me because you're expecting this 35 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:43.480 two way banter thing, and say you go oh, and 36 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:49.760 then everybody goes, oh, poor Chap Right, Chris, why is 37 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:50.280 he so mean? 38 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:51.400 He's let's take all these things. 39 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:53.879 He's better at Monday and he woke up all grumpy. 40 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:56.519 All right, Well, hey, there's a segment today that says 41 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.920 it's really good. I'm so good, I'm super good at move. 42 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:06.799 There's a segment that says winter stories. This is what 43 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.159 Desiree wrote. She said, now that Thanksgiving is behind us, 44 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.360 we've officially entered December, we can talk about Christmas. 45 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:13.680 Tell us a funny story. 46 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:15.919 About Christmas, or about a time when Christmas preparations went 47 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:16.719 horribly wrong. 48 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:19.479 Hey, do you allow Christmas music before Thanksgiving? 49 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:19.919 Yes? 50 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:23.879 I love Christmas music, but I don't allow Christmas decorations. 51 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:26.759 Don't allow it. Yes, it's forbidden. You're the lion tamer 52 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.599 in your cage. Well you forbid. Well, here's the thing 53 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:31.360 the women in your house to put up Christmas. 54 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:35.080 No Thanksgiving music. So I like to think that. 55 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:38.599 That Christmas kind of worship music. But yeah, oh jeez, 56 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.639 that's that's all that Christmas is that Christian music stuff 57 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:43.960 that's all the time. Whenever you get in Liz's car. 58 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:49.479 Yeah right, that's right, it is it is. Christmas music 59 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:51.879 sets the tone for Thanksgiving. 60 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:55.400 For Thanksgiving? Yes for me, oh okay. 61 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:57.000 Yeah, I think it's it. It feels holidays. 62 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:59.080 Yeah, we kind of have a family thing where we 63 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:04.560 really resist turning on Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving. Yeah. 64 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.159 I do that with my lights, with your lights, lights, 65 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:10.080 lights can't be turned on Christmas tree, you can't go 66 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:10.639 up before then. 67 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:13.240 Okay, so all right, so here you go. So we're 68 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:14.199 telling winter stories. 69 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:16.479 Yeah, so I got one real quick, Okay, go ahead. 70 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:24.639 My my mom made ravioli every Christmas or mannicotti or spaghetti. 71 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:26.680 I never knew, by the way that people didn't do 72 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:30.000 this because my whole, my whole town and Youngstown is 73 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.719 all Italian. I mean it's really like heavy Italian. You 74 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:35.639 can make Italian jokes from the from the stage and people, 75 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:36.680 the whole crowd is a lot. 76 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:40.360 Didn't you ever watch Christmas movies? You never noticed that. 77 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.680 It was always like roast ham and turkey. It wasn't 78 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:46.680 Manicotti and I as nice moves as you watch. Dude. 79 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:49.479 I guess I just because like movies are your north star. 80 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:52.599 It never paid attention. I never paid attention to those things. Okay, 81 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:56.439 so I guess I just never understood it's. 82 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:57.840 A wonderful life and they're all sitting there on there 83 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.199 eating their lasagna, is right. 84 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.400 Yeah, that's that's really it's a ridiculous thought. It is 85 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:04.639 a ridiculous thought. 86 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:05.879 But I was only eighteen. 87 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:08.400 I went to college and we were sharing like favorite meals, 88 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:10.120 and I was like, doesn't everybody have what are you 89 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:10.680 talking about? 90 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:12.319 And I said those are those? 91 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.840 Are? Those are Thanksgiving items? And they're like, yeah, they're both. 92 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:17.639 And I was like, oh, I had no idea. So anyway, 93 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:20.920 my mom made homemade ravioli and we're talking like with. 94 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:21.680 Flour and water. 95 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:25.199 It was like a one day, twenty four hour like 96 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:28.399 labor of love. And she made this three pound bowl 97 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:31.120 and you know, she put the ravioli in there, and 98 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:34.319 then a layer of sauce, another reveoli layer sauce, layer sauce. 99 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:36.399 Then she put cheese on it. This is massive bowl. 100 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:38.600 She sits in the middle of the table. She's let's 101 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.120 let's go downstairs and grab everybody. So we go downstairs 102 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:43.160 to the big family room area, gathering area. 103 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:44.720 Hey, everybody, dinner served. 104 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:47.319 We come back upstairs and my dog is standing on 105 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:51.879 the table with a snout and the raviolis and he's 106 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:54.000 been eating for like six seven minutes. 107 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:54.759 That's fantastic. 108 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.199 He is going to town like this. Literally, good guy. 109 00:04:58.959 --> 00:04:59.879 And it must have been good. 110 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.120 Oh my gosh, he got through an entire layer. Of course, 111 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:07.000 my mom busted out crying. We all laughed, and then 112 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:09.959 we realized it wasn't funny. And then my mom had 113 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.000 no choice but to scrape off the first layer and 114 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:16.160 then to add more sauce than and we ate it. 115 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:17.199 Okay, we all ate it. 116 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:19.360 Yeah. Well you can't waste you know, three days worth 117 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:19.720 of work. 118 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:21.920 Yeah. So wow, there you go. 119 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:23.240 That's something. 120 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:24.439 That's my Christmas story. 121 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:28.000 That is really something. Yeah. So it seems to me 122 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:29.839 like if you're ever looking for a new Christmas theme 123 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:32.399 for you know, because you're part of the creative team 124 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:34.319 looking for it. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, you could do like 125 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:36.399 a very Mafia Christmas. 126 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:41.120 Oh yeah, Mafia Christmas. Sure, yeah you have. You know 127 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:43.120 I've had a Mafia Christmas story. 128 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:44.920 I bet you do tell us that one. 129 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:47.600 No, No, we're at a time, Okay, I'll do it 130 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:48.160 tomorrow maybe. 131 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:48.439 Yeah. 132 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:49.040 Uh. 133 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:54.000 My My worst Christmas story is and I've told this before. 134 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:56.680 I started have to tell it again, but we got 135 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:59.560 married over Christmas break and my junior year in college, 136 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.399 wife and I did and so we had to move 137 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.120 down to Indiana from Michigan, and we borrowed a really 138 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.079 terrible rental truck and it broke down on Christmas Day 139 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:12.800 driving home, that is, And so we our Christmas. Our 140 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:18.000 very first Christmas dinner together was speedway hot dogs, Doritos 141 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:18.879 and Mountain dew. 142 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.319 That is horribly sad. 143 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:24.639 Yeah yeah, yeah, that was our We sat in the speedway. 144 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:25.279 Wow. 145 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:27.839 And that's what we are waiting for. Somebody coming help us. 146 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:29.639 Now here's the question, and I'll tell you you haul's 147 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:32.839 not available on Christmas Day, right right now. 148 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:33.399 Here's the question. 149 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:37.720 Have you ever recreated this speedway event on Christmas? 150 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:39.920 No? It was It was horrific. Enough that you know, 151 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:45.800 the PTSD is just now calming down. But okay, so 152 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:47.959 we're gonna we're gonna try to avoid it if we can. 153 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:49.319 That's so funny. 154 00:06:50.040 --> 00:07:01.519 Yeah, well, speaking of PTSD. Wow, okay, we are reliving 155 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:09.560 the repetitiveness of Solomon's wise teachings. Oh that was a 156 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:10.439 terrible transition. 157 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:11.639 That's actually pretty brilliant. 158 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:14.360 I didn't know where you were going with that, because 159 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:16.959 we're talking about wisdom again. 160 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:21.680 Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. So this whole week we're just in. 161 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:23.600 What we're trying to do for our listeners is really 162 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:29.079 kind of download how incredibly practical the Bible is, particularly 163 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:31.519 in the Book of Proverbs with regard to everyday living. 164 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:34.920 So everything he talks about here, because sometimes preachers talk 165 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:38.360 and it's all this ethereal stuff, heaven and eternity and 166 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:41.800 Holy Spirit and angels and all these things, and it 167 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:46.519 feels like the whole faith idea is out there somewhere, right, 168 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:50.920 it's this mystical thing. And Solomon approaches faith as being 169 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:54.279 an everyday whether you're banking or building a house, or 170 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:58.279 parenting your children or dealing with a crazy neighbor or 171 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:02.680 that's how he approaches faith. It's just practical wisdom every day. 172 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:04.639 That's great, and so that's what it's all about. So 173 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.839 I don't know that that's PTSD, but reliving over and 174 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:08.399 over and over again. 175 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:10.759 Yes, here we are. So we are. 176 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:14.879 In Proverbs, chapter twelve and verse one says, to learn, 177 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:19.920 you must love discipline. It is stupid to hate correction. Wow. 178 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:23.240 The Lord approves of those who are good, but he 179 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:27.959 condemns those who plan wickedness. Wickedness never brings stability, but 180 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:31.600 the godly have deep roots. A worthy wife is a 181 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:34.120 crown for her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like 182 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:37.080 a cancer in his bones. The plans of the godly 183 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:40.720 are just. The advice of the wicked is treacherous. The 184 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.279 words of the wicked are like a murderous ambush. But 185 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:46.360 the words of the godly save lives. The wicked die 186 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:49.840 and disappear, but the family of the godly stands firm. 187 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:53.840 A sensible person wins admiration, but a warped mind is despised. 188 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.240 Better to be an ordinary person with a servant than 189 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:00.879 to be self important but have no food. The godly 190 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:03.759 care for their animals, but the wicked are always cruel. 191 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:07.639 A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person 192 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.759 who chases fantasies has no sense. Thieves are jealous of 193 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:14.000 each other's loot, but the godly are well rooted and 194 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:17.360 bear their own fruit. The wicked are trapped by their 195 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:21.240 own words, but the godly escape such trouble. Wise words 196 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:25.960 bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards. Fools think 197 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.559 their own way is right, but the wise listen to others. 198 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:32.159 A fool is quick tempered, but a wise man stays 199 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:36.559 calm when insulted. An honest witness tells the truth, a 200 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:41.000 false witness tells lies. Some people make cutting remarks, but 201 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:44.799 the words of the wise bring healing. Truthful words stand 202 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:48.799 the test of time, but lies are soon exposed. Deceit 203 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.320 fills hearts that are plotting evil, and joy fills hearts 204 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:55.639 that are planning peace. No harm comes to the godly, 205 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:58.600 but the wicked have their fill of trouble. The Lord 206 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:01.399 detests lying lips, but he delights in those who tell 207 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:04.759 the truth. The wise don't make a show of their knowledge, 208 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:09.799 but fools broadcast their foolishness. Work hard and become a leader. 209 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:14.240 Be lazy, become a slave. Worry weighs a person down, 210 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:19.320 and encouraging word cheers a person up. The godly give 211 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:21.840 good advice to their friends that we could lead them astray. 212 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:24.960 Lazy people don't even cook the game they catch, but 213 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.279 the diligent make use of everything they find. The way 214 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.600 of the Godly leads to life. That path does not 215 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.559 lead to death. Were you go, Hey, every one of them, 216 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:36.360 just a little nugget. 217 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:38.639 You know, what stands out as one of the themes 218 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:41.559 here is that you're created to work hard. 219 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:43.399 Yeah, over and over and over again. 220 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:43.840 Yeah. 221 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:45.159 He refers to hard work. 222 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:49.320 Yes, yeah, and that is you know, it's interesting because 223 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:53.840 when God made Adam, you know, and then eventually Eve, 224 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.440 he gave Adam an assignment, and that is to tend 225 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.039 to the garden. 226 00:10:58.399 --> 00:10:59.080 Right. 227 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:06.679 So Adam was obviously created with a purpose in mind. 228 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:10.440 And one of the purposes obviously, I mean, obviously the 229 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:11.840 ultimate purpose of relationship. 230 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.440 But the other one is, you know, it. 231 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:18.279 Brings meaning to his own life as much as it 232 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:19.960 does helping the garden. Right. 233 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.159 So I think I think it's interesting. 234 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:26.639 How it talks about hard work over and over because 235 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:29.240 some people view hard work as a curse, and they 236 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:32.360 would say, oh, hard work is a curse from the 237 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:36.600 fall it's a curse from sin, right, so is it? 238 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:38.120 So here's the question. 239 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:43.720 The question is, is now that Solomon is you know, 240 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:48.200 hundreds of years actually how many years since Adam? Probably 241 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:51.759 thousands of years, probably him lean years, so a couple 242 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:53.480 of thousand years removed from Adam? 243 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:54.879 Is God? 244 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:58.799 Is Solomon talking about hard work being a blessing because 245 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.360 they're under the curse or would it have been this 246 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:02.279 way always? 247 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:03.399 That's a good question. 248 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:08.679 Well, God blesses hard, God blesses work. That's why he 249 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:10.759 gave it to him. We view work as a bad thing, 250 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:14.039 but it was a gift to humanity, gave humanity purpose. Right, 251 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:17.120 But then under the curse work becomes a drudgery because 252 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:20.519 it's so difficult. But Solomon doesn't really refer to the 253 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:24.679 difficulty of work. Working hard and difficult work or two 254 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:26.639 different things. Right. 255 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:29.360 Oh yeah, working hard and difficult work er two different things. Right, 256 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:30.320 that's a good statement. 257 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:34.879 Right. So being diligent is what Solomon is talking about, 258 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:37.759 which is really extraordinary when you think of when we 259 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.240 think of a king. When you were growing up thinking man, 260 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:42.000 if I could ever be a king, what you thought 261 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.039 was it was going to be pleasure all the time, 262 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:47.559 super easy. Just sit on your throne, make cool decisions, 263 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:50.440 be super rich, have whatever you want, go on vacations. 264 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:53.440 And Solomon doesn't really approach being a king that way. 265 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:55.879 Solomon approaches being a king is I'm a servant of 266 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:57.320 the people, and I have to work hard. And by 267 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:01.159 the way, hard work pays off. If the king works hard, 268 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:03.600 everybody else would work hard. If you're working hard, you're 269 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.240 going to prosper. If you don't work hard, you're going 270 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:08.279 to struggle. And then of course in their day. You know, 271 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:11.200 a lot of our work in our society today, unless 272 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:15.080 you're like in construction or farming or being a mechanic 273 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.200 or something, most of the work that we do in 274 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.759 the US now is indoors office stuff and it's easy 275 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:24.320 to kind of go. I don't know if my work 276 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:27.879 really matters. But when you're a farmer, you have to 277 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.399 be diligent and plow your field at the right time. 278 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:33.159 You have to be diligent and get the rocks out 279 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.399 of the field so the plows can roll easy. You've 280 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:37.240 got to be diligent and dig your trenches so the 281 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:39.200 water drains well off of your field. You've got to 282 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:42.080 be diligent, plant the seeds at the right time, pull 283 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.799 the weeds at the right time, fertilize at the right time, 284 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.480 harvest at the right time. There's a diligence to farming, 285 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:51.600 and every little bit of work you do, you very 286 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:54.240 quickly see the results of it, whereas you know when 287 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.519 you're pushing paper in an office sometimes it might feel 288 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.879 like right. And so what he's saying is diligence. It's 289 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:03.320 not the physical work. It's the diligence of the work 290 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.639 that will always pay off. And if you're a diligent worker, 291 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.120 a conscientious worker, you put in the time, you do 292 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:12.039 the hard work. You're not just mailing it in. He says, 293 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:15.080 you're going to be successful. And so sometimes he's saying, 294 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.200 hard work is how you're going to be promoted. Right, 295 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:19.440 you're gonna be a slave. If you just mail it in. 296 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.360 Hard work, you're gonna be promoted. Those are all things 297 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:24.039 we tell our kids when they start getting jobs the 298 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:26.759 first time. Yes, hey, hey, you step up, you go 299 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.000 the extra mile, you do the extra thing, you think 300 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.320 of good solutions, you jump in and volunteer to do 301 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.159 the hard work nobody else wants to do. You're going 302 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:35.679 to get promoted. That's exactly what Salom is saying there. 303 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:38.679 Right, Yeah, So we were talking about this very briefly 304 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:40.120 in the parking lot when we were walking up here. 305 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:43.320 But so my son is in the trades, right, So 306 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.919 he's studying to be an electrician and he works hard, 307 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.519 so physically hard every day. 308 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:50.679 Right, it's physical and it's. 309 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:51.240 Hard in his body. 310 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:55.080 Well, I had bought this bed at Ikia like literally 311 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:59.279 fifteen years ago, and so this nasty old bed that 312 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:02.600 he's been sleeping and he comes home and he's like, Dad, 313 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:04.919 He's like, this bed is broken. He's like, I can't 314 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.559 sleep more than a couple hours a night. I'm twisting, 315 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:10.639 I'm turning, I'm sore. He's like this is awful and uh. 316 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.639 And so anyway, he wants to go out and buy 317 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:15.519 a bed because he's made a bunch of money. 318 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:17.000 And he's got some savings and so. 319 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:18.279 He wants to go out there, and you know, he's 320 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.000 working hard. So he says, I have to have a 321 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.840 good night's rest. So I said, son, Bed salesmen are 322 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.639 like car salesman, right, sometimes not always, but like. 323 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.399 This one, this one's gonna be even better. 324 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:30.039 Right right, right, right, I said, I said, they'll get 325 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:32.759 you man, they'll get you. And so my son's like okay. 326 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:34.240 And so I trained him, training to train him because 327 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:36.039 I got sales background, and so I'm like, I'm like, 328 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.360 I'm like, here's what they're going to say, here's what 329 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:39.320 they're gonna do. I was like, beware of this, don't 330 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.399 do this, commit to this, make up your mind about this. 331 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:45.279 So he goes, uh without me, because you know, he 332 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.080 had to go without me. I was going somewhere and 333 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:50.559 and he calls me and goes, Dad, don't be mad. 334 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:53.360 It wasn't the salesman fault, he goes, but it was me. 335 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:55.360 He goes, He goes. He tried to sell me. I'm 336 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:57.519 the other one. He goes, and he goes. I just 337 00:15:57.559 --> 00:16:01.080 thought to myself, I want I want a good bed. 338 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:05.159 The bed he bought the most expensive thing that was 339 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:06.159 literally in the store. 340 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.879 I'm not even kidding. It was ridiculous. 341 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:10.720 Is he sleeping well? 342 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.600 He seeks like a king. 343 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:17.559 Yeah, okay, working hard, but so he loves his bed, 344 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.080 loves it, and so. 345 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:19.679 Good for him. 346 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.399 He's worked hard. 347 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.919 Yeah, hard work pays off. 348 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:23.440 That's right. So now he sleeps like a king. 349 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:31.399 If he wasn't working hard, he would never even sept So, 350 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:34.399 you know, my wife and I we were in Europe 351 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:36.919 this past summer. I had a whole bunch of delta 352 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:39.240 miles from traveling, you know, so we cash those in 353 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:42.080 and we went to so we spent an inordinate amount 354 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:44.320 of time in castles. That's what you do, right, You 355 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:47.200 go from castle, castle, palace to palace, cathedral to cathedral. 356 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:50.279 That's essentially your trip through Europe. And so we were 357 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:53.440 in Vienna, and you know, that's the the capital of 358 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:56.919 what was one of the largest empires in modern history, 359 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:02.000 was the habsburg uh Empire, and so Emperor Franz Joseph 360 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.759 was famous for his work ethic and so it was 361 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:08.279 really amazing because we're walking through this massive palace, the 362 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:13.799 Schomburune Palace in Habsburg, I mean in Vienna, and I 363 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:17.559 was struck by how many workspaces he had. He had 364 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:20.240 a work desk in his bedroom. His bedroom was very 365 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:22.480 very simple bedroom. You'd think an emperor would have this 366 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:26.720 crazy ornate thing. His wife Catherine, you know, she's pretty famous, 367 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:29.240 a bunch of others. They had some really magnificent stuff, 368 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:32.119 and the palace itself is magnificent, but his room was 369 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.759 relatively simply. Had a nice chair, he had a little wardrobe, 370 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:37.240 he had a wash basin, He had a bed, and 371 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.519 he had a desk and then an assistance desk next 372 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:44.920 to it, just in case. Right then the room next 373 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:49.359 to his bedroom was a little like dining room, and 374 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:51.960 then the room next to that was another significant office. 375 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:55.240 Then he also had another big like presentation office. When 376 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:57.039 all the people had come into generals or whatever, he 377 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:59.119 had these workrooms. So he had these three offices. And 378 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:01.319 they said that he would again his day every day 379 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:04.440 at four o'clock. He rarely finished his day before ten 380 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:08.359 o'clock as an emperor. And there were a lot of 381 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:10.079 quotes on this tour we were taking. They had all 382 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:13.799 these quotes of him saying that if God gives you 383 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:18.400 great opportunity, it also was a great responsibility. And so 384 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.720 I love my people. 385 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.480 Sounds like a spider man quo yah, yeah, yeah, exactly. 386 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:25.039 And he said, I love my people enough that I 387 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:27.400 should give my people. They've given me so much. I 388 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:30.359 should give my people everything I can. And so he did, 389 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.119 and they loved him. The people loved him because of it. 390 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:36.160 And so when I read this, I think of emperors 391 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.359 like that. Every once in a while, you got a 392 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:39.119 good one. You know, I'm not saying he was a 393 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:41.880 super moral person. I'm just saying in that he tried 394 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:43.799 to service people well. And that's kind of what I 395 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:46.640 feel like Solomon is saying through a lot of these things. Yeah, yeah, 396 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.680 it's really I love it. I love when he talks 397 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:52.640 about that being a hard worker. I like that verse nine. 398 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:56.640 Being an ordinary person, right, he kinda even though he 399 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:59.039 was a king, the most powerful person, one of the 400 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:02.119 most powerful people in the world, he's still very much 401 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:05.759