610. God resists the Proud, but gives Grace to the Humble - August 2, 2024

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley. Today we will be going over Proverb 2. I will then go over verses 1-5. These verses talk about the importance of having wisdom in your life, culminating with verse 5 - which speaks of the importance of having the Fear of the Lord. On today's podcast I go over two instances in which James (Chapter 4) and Peter (1 Peter, Chapter 5) both tell us the same words - God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. If two authors tell us the same exact thing, I think we should use that as a clue that God is trying to get our attention. On today's lesson I go to the Book of Daniel, Chapter 3. The king of Babylon was named Nebuchadnezzar. He was so full of himself (of pride) that he had a 90-foot statue of himself built. He declared that anyone in the region that did not bow down to this statue when the music played would be thrown into a fiery furnace. God eventually humbles this man and had him endure several years as a "wild animal" before being restored to his position as king. But this only happened after he humbled himself before God. Call to Action - Ask yourself how close are you in your relationship with Jesus (and His father God)? Very important question. If you are not as close as you'd like to be, pray to God and let Him know your desire to know Him in a more intimate way, and He will hear you!