The Path of Wisdom
Download MP3You have a Bible? I invite you to turn to Proverbs chapter 1. By the way, this is up here because we're having Vacation Bible school this week. It's not a new prop for the Proverbs series. I could try to incorporate it in there somehow.
Jeffrey Heine:We'll see. But we have VBS going on all this week, and, rather than everybody scurrying around and setting up everything tonight, all afternoon, They set things up this week, and, it's actually really fun. Most festive background I've ever had preaching. So Proverbs 1 is right there in the middle of your bible. I'm going to read the first seven verses.
Jeffrey Heine:We'll read some more scripture later. Proverbs 1 verse 1. The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel. To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction and wise dealing, and righteousness, justice, and equity, to give prudence to the simple, Knowledge and discretion to the youth. Let the wise hear and increase in learning.
Jeffrey Heine:And the one who understands, obtain guidance. To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. This is the word of the lord.
Jeffrey Heine:Praise be to God. You will pray with me. Father, your word says in James that for those who lack wisdom, we should ask, and you give it. And so we ask this summer as we look through your book of Proverbs that you would speak to us your wisdom. Thank you that you have written these things down for our instructions.
Jeffrey Heine:And I pray that we will listen intently to you as you speak. Thank you for the way that these point to Jesus who is the wisdom of God. And ultimately, he is the one we want to know more. So father, in this moment, I pray that my words would fall to the ground and blow away and not be remembered anymore. Lord, may your words remain and may they change us.
Jeffrey Heine:Pray this in the strong name of Jesus. Amen. So all throughout history, you'll find different cultures having collections of, wise sayings. We certainly have it in our time. I even came across the wise sayings of Oprah.
Jeffrey Heine:If you have a lot of time on your hands, or if you're just preparing a sermon on proverbs and would like to, peruse through those. But I'm gonna read you a a some proverbs, some wise sayings that, they're not in the Bible, but I want you to just be thinking, guessing what they all actually have in common. God helps those who help themselves. All you need is faith and trust. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
Jeffrey Heine:It is not what is on the outside, but what is on the inside that counts. Anyone yet? Just because it's what's done, doesn't mean it's what should be done. The colder the winter, the warmer the spring. The deeper the sorrow, the more the heart sings.
Jeffrey Heine:Everything is possible, even the impossible. If you don't know where you want to go, it doesn't matter what path you take. Anyone yet? Alright. Certainly, you'll get it after this.
Jeffrey Heine:Sorry. The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. No one. Alright.
Jeffrey Heine:Some people are worth melting for. All of those were quotes from Disney. That is wisdom according to the world of Disney. I actually was gonna kind of do a guess which one's from the Bible and which isn't, but I didn't wanna embarrass you all. Disney actually has some pretty good wise quotes, followed by some pretty atrocious ones as well.
Jeffrey Heine:You know, I love muons. The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all. Great quote. But for every one of those, there are 10 just follow your hearts or just do what seems best. So how do you know what's actually wise?
Jeffrey Heine:And how do you know what is foolish? If only God, like, had given us a book to maybe help us sort through it all. Maybe giving us some wisdom that has stood the test of time. Maybe 3000 years of time. Well, thankfully, we do have preserved for us such a book, and it's smack dab right in the middle of your Bible.
Jeffrey Heine:There's actually 3 books of wisdom. We call that the wisdom literature. You have Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job. And together, they're they're the wisdom literature of the Bible. And they really you need to read all of these.
Jeffrey Heine:Sometimes they're in tension with one another, because they speak to us at different seasons of life. And you're gonna find no other books like these outside of the Bible that really speak to the complexities of life like Proverbs does. These books are different than all the other books you have in your Bible. We talk a lot at Redeemer about the the story of scripture. You know, the overarching story of there's creation, there's fall, and there's redemption, and how all of the books of the Bible are speaking into these things, developing these plot lines.
Jeffrey Heine:And I should say all except for these. These just kind of seem to be plopped in the middle of the story of your Bible without any real connection. There is no mention of Abraham, the covenant, Moses. No mention of Mount Sinai. There are no priests.
Jeffrey Heine:There are no sacrifices. There are no prophets or prophecies. There's no talk of the Messiah or our need for 1. Those The book of Proverbs doesn't develop on any of those major themes of the Bible. Now, of course, the author of all the wisdom books, they believe those things and they are going to assume that those of us reading believe those things, but they don't develop those things.
Jeffrey Heine:And the reason they don't is because they have a different agenda altogether than the rest of the Bible. These books are gonna answer the personal questions that you have as you read the rest of the Bible. So they're not trying to answer questions like, who is the Messiah? How is he gonna come? What is redemption gonna look like?
Jeffrey Heine:Instead, they are asking questions like this, How should I raise a family? What does disciplining a child look like? What kind of career am I supposed to pursue? When my neighbor's being a jerk, what do I tell them? Or should I go and speak to them and say anything?
Jeffrey Heine:How can I make enough money to live off of? Is there something I could do to be making more money? What exactly is God going to do for me if I do obey him? I'm not talking about generally. I'm not talking about forgiveness.
Jeffrey Heine:I'm not talking about all those other things. Is He going to do something specifically, tangible in my life now, if I obey Him? We might have the question, I've I've always tried to do the right thing. But why is it when I've tried to do the right thing, terrible things have happened to me? That doesn't seem to be like what God says in His word.
Jeffrey Heine:Wisdom literature addresses those questions. Very personal, very practical. It's the questions you get when you're trying to live out the rest of the Bible. It's where the theological rubber meets the road of your of your life. When you picture Proverbs, I find it best to kind of picture an old man who's sitting on his front porch, who has seen a lot of life.
Jeffrey Heine:He's a wise man. He has he has experienced life and he has observed a whole lot of life. And if you go to him with these types of questions, He's gonna give you really good advice. So if you go to Him and you say things like, my mom and my sister at the dinner table, like, they are just screaming at one another on different positions about gun control. And, in all other sorts of politics.
Jeffrey Heine:And they're just like, I mean, they're just so intense. And so I left. What do you think I should do? Should I go back there and give them my, my opinion? Which I think would just, like, put it all to rest.
Jeffrey Heine:And so you, you ask this old wise man on his front porch that, and he quotes to you something like this. Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel that's not their own. Like, oh, that's so wise. And it is. You you could kinda picture, it's like, this is an old man who saw some kid go to some stray dog and was just, like, grabbed it by the ears, and he saw what happened.
Jeffrey Heine:Kid got tore apart. And so now, he's like, that's kinda like when someone adds a comment on a l.com article about some controversial, you know, news story. They get torn apart, Or it's like if you enter into some political discussion in which it didn't involve you at all, but you just wanna get it. You get torn apart. And so he says these Proverbs, this wise saying here.
Jeffrey Heine:And these sayings have all been collected in this book of Proverbs. Sometimes the advice that is given is so practical, you kinda think, this is scripture? Like, really? This is in our Bible? And so you can have Proverbs like 2517, which is, let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
Jeffrey Heine:I mean, I can picture my my my mom saying these things about, if you keep going over to their house, they're not gonna like you anymore. How about this one? Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as a curse. I mean, we all know people like that. Don't we?
Jeffrey Heine:Some of you may experience them this morning, especially the 8 o'clock service. That you're a little too loud in your greeting, and it came across as a curse. What about this? Better, or a nagging wife is like a constant drip of water. I mean, I can't relate to that one, but, like, some of you are like, oh, okay.
Jeffrey Heine:Yes. I know. Are you allowed to say that? Is it in the Yes. It's in the Bible.
Jeffrey Heine:It's where theology meets your complicated, messy life. And, because life is complicated, you need to know that sometimes these Proverbs are going to be complicated. For instance, you'll find this. Proverbs 264. Answer not the fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
Jeffrey Heine:Like, okay. Makes sense. Don't address a fool when they're talking to you. Very next verse. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Jeffrey Heine:Well, which is it? Am I supposed to not answer the fool or am I supposed to answer the fool? And the answer of Proverbs is, it's complicated. It's like, it's different situations, different circumstances. You're actually gonna have to have wisdom in order to understand this wisdom and how to apply it.
Jeffrey Heine:But we all know that life isn't so neat and so tidy and comes to you doing like neat little packages where you can always apply this absolute saying for that. Now what you find here is principles that apply to different circumstances at different times. There's no other wisdom literature outside the bible like this that understands the complexities of life. Let me give you one more example. We all know that we have a biblical mandate to help the poor.
Jeffrey Heine:I mean we talk about it often here at Redeemer. We we have been commanded by God to help the poor, we know that. How? It's complicated. Anybody who's actually really worked with the poor and tried to help those who are in deep poverty know it's complicated.
Jeffrey Heine:Proverbs speaks into that. And actually gives us many reasons as to why people are poor. Says people are poor because they're lazy. But then also says people are poor due to injustice. Then it says people are poor because of a famine or a natural disaster.
Jeffrey Heine:Or then it says people are poor because they spend their money on vain pursuits. Or people are fooled just because or poor just because they make foolish decisions. So why are people poor? Well, it depends. Life is complicated.
Jeffrey Heine:So how can you help the poor? Well, you need to understand the complications of their life in order to know how to best help. Is it a handout? Is it education? Is it giving them a job?
Jeffrey Heine:What is it? Proverbs speaks into those complexities. Alright. So let's look at Proverbs. And and I want us to just look at 2 things.
Jeffrey Heine:The beginning of wisdom and the path of wisdom. The beginning of wisdom and the path of wisdom. So where do we get wisdom? The first six verses, they tell you the purpose of this book. It's for you to receive wisdom, instruction, knowledge, and understanding.
Jeffrey Heine:And then verse 7 tells you where to go to get it all. Tells you the beginning of it. Verse 7. The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge. And often knowledge and wisdom throughout Proverbs will be used interchangeably.
Jeffrey Heine:Actually, in Proverbs 9, you have the same verse, but it says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. And the rest of this book of Proverbs is going to flow from that simple statement. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge or of wisdom. So, let me ask you. Where does your pursuit of wisdom begin?
Jeffrey Heine:This is not a rhetorical question. Where does your pursuit of wisdom begin? Where does your understanding of current events begin? Where does your understanding of your culture, or of money, or of sexuality, or of gender, or of family, or of marriage, or of education, or of politics? Where does it begin?
Jeffrey Heine:What's the foundation for all of that knowledge? Let's look at a couple of those topics I just mentioned. Think and be honest with yourself. What has shaped you most about the way you think about sex and sexuality? Was it the 30 minute sermon that I preached 3 years ago on the topic?
Jeffrey Heine:Was that the primary influence you had? Or honestly, has it probably been the things that kinda hit you every single day? Maybe it's the latest article that you read online or the 2 hours a day you spend on Netflix that might glorify some of the worldly positions on these things. Maybe it was the headlines of all the major papers. I know it's it's not the pulpit, because there's 30 minutes.
Jeffrey Heine:I got 30 minutes in a week to speak to you guys. I cannot even remotely compete with the amount of input that all of us here are receiving throughout the week. So what is your beginning of wisdom? Perhaps you're one of the many in our culture, the beginning of wisdom for you is the experts. You, you know, you outsource where your wisdom comes from, so you listen to the experts.
Jeffrey Heine:Have you ever noticed how often the headlines in the papers say, experts say, or according to the experts, or experts agree. And then you go on to read the article and no experts are cited. My favorite was the one of the ones that said experts agree, and then I went and there was one pseudo expert mentioned. It's like, who's he agreeing with? Himself?
Jeffrey Heine:I have, for the last couple of months, I've been keeping a list of all the different types of experts out there because, once again, I knew how to preach on Proverbs and I get paid to do this. And so, you could call me an expert on experts. And I am just going to mention to you, name some of the experts that have been in the front page of like USA Today, or the Washington Post, or New York Times like that. Experts have been mentioned on the front page over the last 2 months. I've read about fashion experts, egg experts, beauty experts, body image experts, unnamed experts who say that eating ice cream in the morning makes you more mentally alert.
Jeffrey Heine:I like that one. We have public health experts, fitness experts, travel experts, climate change experts. Experts who say putting your kids in time out is essential to raising good well rounded children. Experts who say the opposite. We have experts, relational experts, who say you cannot explain love.
Jeffrey Heine:Then there were scientific experts who say you can. Experts who say Will Smith's slap was an act of love. Experts who said it was dangerous. That will be my one and only reference to the slap. Okay?
Jeffrey Heine:Never again to appear before you. Please. We have social psychology experts, dating experts, gender experts. One of the gender experts, when I read the article, it didn't mention an expert, but it did say anatomy does not determine one's gender according to experts. That was it.
Jeffrey Heine:And then, but no expert was cited. Some other headlines, experts say more dialogue is needed with liberal gun owners. Experts say to drink pomegranate juice 30 minutes before working out. Experts say that no one wins in the case of Depp versus Heard. We can agree.
Jeffrey Heine:Who won the Falcons Colts trade? Our experts weighed in, weighed in. And I love the sports experts. They're my favorite. You know, when, brachytologist is actually a term.
Jeffrey Heine:You know, March Madness. Let's go to our brachytologists experts or the NFL draft experts. And, I love reading them. I mean, you have Kuyper and McShea, the experts of the draft. And, do you know how many draft picks they pick correctly this past time in the first round?
Jeffrey Heine:4 out of 32 picks. These are your NFL draft experts. My wife, who I don't believe has ever watched an NFL game in her life, not even the Super Bowl could do better than 4 than 32. Are are these vague experts whom you have never met. And you know absolutely nothing about.
Jeffrey Heine:And the only thing you kinda note about them is maybe some vague title that you might not even understand. And they certainly know nothing about your actual life. Are they the beginning of your knowledge? Are they the source of your wisdom? Is it that latest article?
Jeffrey Heine:Is it the shows you're constantly listening to or watching the music you're listening to? Listen, our knowledge, our understanding of our world, it's coming from somewhere. There is a source for it. Here we read. The beginning of knowledge, the beginning of wisdom should be the fear of the Lord.
Jeffrey Heine:This word fear means to respect, reverence. It's the reverence of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is the beginning. But I also like that word fear, because I think our fear of things does indeed shape where we go for wisdom. So if you fear the backlash of your culture, if you fear your reputation taking a hit, if you fear losing a friendship, If you fear being labeled backwards or intolerant or hateful or perhaps phobic for just disagreeing with a position.
Jeffrey Heine:If those are the things you fear, then that's the beginning of your wisdom. But those things come and go, don't they? I mean, do you really think that Netflix show that you've been watching right now, do you really think it's gonna be around a 100 years from now? That article you read, is it gonna be shaping our culture a 100 years from now, a 1000 years from now, or 10000 years from now? Those wise fads come and go, but the word of God stands forever.
Jeffrey Heine:I mean, what did we just read to open up our service? For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and the discernment of the discerning, I will thwart. Where is the one who's wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of the age?
Jeffrey Heine:Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through wisdom. It pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. Jews demand signs, Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified. A stumbling block to Jews, folly to the Gentiles, but to those who are called both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Jeffrey Heine:Where will those debaters of the age be a 1000 years from now? They'll be blown away like the wind. Like dry grass blown away. So who is the beginning of wisdom for you? The fear of the Lord.
Jeffrey Heine:And notice the word here is not the generic word for God. It's not the generic name for God. It's Yahweh. The covenantal God. The God you know who's in relationship with you.
Jeffrey Heine:Proverbs is gonna be full of relationships of a parent and a child, a husband and a wife, co workers, neighbors. But the relationship that's gonna dominate them all is gonna be your relationship with the Lord. He is going to be the fountain head of wisdom for you. And He should be since He is the one who created you and the world that you live in. So He knows how you can flourish in this world.
Jeffrey Heine:Now, in opposition to all of this, in opposition to those who fear the Lord, are the fools. Look at verse 7 again. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. These fools are gonna be found all throughout the book of Proverbs.
Jeffrey Heine:They're the ones who reject wisdom and they choose destruction. And you don't just find that terms, the the fools and the wise in Proverbs. Jesus, who is deeply shaped by Proverbs, Jesus uses those terms. He ends His sermon on the mount with the story of the wise man and the foolish one. And notice here verse 7 does not say that the fools are just indifferent towards wisdom.
Jeffrey Heine:Like, they're not like a Believe what you wanna believe. They're not indifferent. It says, Fools despise wisdom. They're not just opposed to it. They hate it.
Jeffrey Heine:They look down on it. They revile it. Why? Because it's the wisdom of the Lord. The rejection of that wisdom is rejection of the Lord.
Jeffrey Heine:Their hatred of that wisdom stems from their hatred of Yahweh. They hate the Lord. Therefore, they would certainly hate His wisdom. And can you not feel that animosity increasing in our culture? The animosity towards the wisdom of God.
Jeffrey Heine:And now, thankfully, there are still many things in our culture, in which they see wise the things that, Christians see as wise. And, it's because, to a large degree, our culture still has been shaped by Judeo Christian values. A lot of times people don't know that actually what they're defending is a biblical position. But, thankfully, the Bible has had enormous influence and those values are still around today. And so, our culture still values, like, the inherent dignity of every single human.
Jeffrey Heine:Values things like, or it says as wrong. Things like greed or racism or violence or spousal abuse. Now, those things we value because of the Bible. Those things we call wrong because of the Bible. Even if our culture isn't aware of it, that has been shaped by it.
Jeffrey Heine:However, there is now an increasing hostility towards other things, wise things that we see as beautiful, but the world is not. There's a hostility towards our views of family, of marriage, sexuality, of sex and sex only being within the confines of marriage. Hostility towards our view of life beginning in the womb. Fools despise these things because they despise the Lord. They're not neutral.
Jeffrey Heine:But church, if you want to be wise, if you wanna know how to navigate this world and all the complexities in it, you wanna know how you can make decisions that are gonna bring you a flourishing, bring you joy, then you have to go to the one who actually created your life in this world. The Lord. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Alright, let's look at the path of wisdom. How do we get this wisdom?
Jeffrey Heine:Well, we have to walk a path. Let's read, Proverbs chapter 3. I'll read the first 7 or 8 verses. My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments. For length of days and years of life and peace, they will add to you.
Jeffrey Heine:Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Jeffrey Heine:Do not lean on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes. Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. And it will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones. Alright.
Jeffrey Heine:So throughout Proverbs, wisdom is presented as a path. Actually, life is presented as a path. And, as you walk through life, be sure to choose the path of wisdom. I love that imagery. What does walking on a path look like?
Jeffrey Heine:What's this steady, consistent, you'd even say mundane, repeated action of right, left, right, left, right, left. And you do it enough, it will take you somewhere or it will make you wise. This is probably not what you wanted to hear because, you know, it's not a quick fix. It's certainly not what's gonna be, you're gonna read in the books at the airport about how to have, you know, wisdom. Because they are gonna present to you wisdom as like a door that you just have to unlock and open.
Jeffrey Heine:But wisdom throughout scripture is never presented as a door. It's a path. There's no quick fix. There's no, like, super secret open there, now you're wise. It's slow, steady, rhythmic, habitual, repeated actions.
Jeffrey Heine:Right, left, right, left. You do that enough over time, you become a wise person. What are the right left, right lefts of your life? Once again, not a rhetorical question. What are the things that you you would describe as habitual in your life?
Jeffrey Heine:What are the what's the first thing you look at when you wake up? Is it your phone? Is it a headline? Is it social media? What are you constantly going to throughout the day?
Jeffrey Heine:What what's what's your habits? The right, left, right left of the Christian life is personal devotion, bible reading, prayer, Memorizing God's word. Fellowshipping with other believers. Nothing super sexy about that, is it? Not like an instant anything, but it's this.
Jeffrey Heine:I'm going to pray. I'm gonna read the Word. I'm gonna meet with the other believers and worship. I'm gonna pray. I'm gonna read the word.
Jeffrey Heine:I'm gonna meet with other believers and worship. You do this over and over, over the course of your life and it deeply shapes you. And you become a person of wisdom. Once again, what are the right left right lefts of your life? I love the imagery that's used here in, in chapter 3.
Jeffrey Heine:It talks about like, you're binding these things around your neck. You're binding the steadfast love of the Lord and the faithfulness of the Lord. They're around you at all times. What are you putting around you at all times? Is it a reminder of who you are in Christ?
Jeffrey Heine:If not, you're gonna have an identity crisis as you go out in the world. Because you're listening to what the world wants you to be and not who Christ says you are in Him. Your habits bind those things around you. Okay. So where's Jesus in all of this?
Jeffrey Heine:Jesus is harder to find in Proverbs than obviously places in the New Testament. Because once again, Proverbs is somewhat detached from that that overarching story of creation, fall, and redemption. But Jesus is absolutely here and we are gonna see Him in the weeks ahead because Jesus is the embodiment of wisdom. We just read that in our opening scripture. He is the wisdom of God.
Jeffrey Heine:Jesus. You wanna know what wisdom looks like? You go to Jesus who perfectly lived the book of Proverbs for us. So all of the wisdom literature ultimately leads us to Him. But, I I wanna point out one of the places that I see this most clearly.
Jeffrey Heine:It's actually towards the end of the book and it's not a proverb of Solomon. It's a proverb of a man named Agor, which I've never come across that name again. But Proverbs 30. There's a man named Agor. And just listen to what he says, because I think you'll identify with it.
Jeffrey Heine:Man declares, I am weary, oh God. I am weary, oh God, and worn out. Surely, I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. I have not learned wisdom nor have I knowledge of the holy one.
Jeffrey Heine:Any of you ever felt like that? Like just the constant decisions you're having to make, you're just so worn out? When I go on vacation, do you know what I want? The one thing I really want? To not make a decision.
Jeffrey Heine:That's all I want. I don't want to even have to decide where to eat. It's like, can somebody else make all the other decisions for me? I just don't want to have to make a decision. Because we're making decisions all the time and it can be exhausting.
Jeffrey Heine:And you're wondering, am I doing it right? Am I not? And then life is so complicated. And then you take an evaluation of yourself and you're like, I'm just worn out. That's when the authors of Proverbs here is like, I'm just weary, Lord.
Jeffrey Heine:I'm weary. I'm worn out. I feel like I'm not doing it right. I'm stupid. I love it.
Jeffrey Heine:He goes, I am too stupid to be a man. I don't even have the understanding of a man. I don't know, have any knowledge of you or what's going on in this entire situation. And then He says this, verse 4 He goes, Who has ascended to heaven and come down? In other words, He's like, if if only if only somebody from heaven had come down to us and shown us how to actually live.
Jeffrey Heine:That was the author of Proverbs looking forward, hoping could somebody actually embody that wisdom and come down to me because I am so tired. Then you have Jesus coming and He says almost the same thing here. Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. Come to me all you who are worn out trying to make these decisions, trying to walk through all the complexities of life. Will you come to me?
Jeffrey Heine:I lived your perfect life for you. You could trust me. So in the weeks ahead, I hope that is I mean, as my heart's desires, as we look at the wisdom of Proverbs, ultimately it leads us to Christ himself where we will find rest. Pray with me. Lord Jesus, thank you for living the perfect life for us.
Jeffrey Heine:Thank you for the wisdom that you are and the wisdom that you give us. I pray we would lean on you. Father, I pray that you would forgive us for having so many other beginnings of wisdom. And I pray that in the moments ahead, you bring those to mind and that we would repent of those. And we would boldly declare, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
Jeffrey Heine:And my paths now, my right left's right left's are gonna be founded in you. Lord, would you make that so? We pray this in the strong name of Jesus. Amen.
