Well, wisdom is so vital to our lives as we saw on Monday looking at stimulants like caffeine,

sugar, nicotine, epidemics, cannabis, and THC for some.

It's a complex world and it's getting more complex by the day and it's a world that

we have to navigate with wisdom we have to.

And for guidance, Psalm 19.7 is one of my favorite texts.

Psalm 19.7, the Psalmist tells us that the teaching of the Lord is perfect, reviving the

soul, the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple, making wise the simple.

That's the frequent prayer of this simple man.

I need wisdom, which is to say I need the teachings and the testimonies of the Lord.

And so on Monday, we applied biblical wisdom when it comes to stimulants.

And on this pursuit of wisdom recently arrived this clip from a listener who sent a

dentist from a 1981 sermon from Pastor John and Proverbs chapter four verses one to

thirteen talking about where to find wisdom.

I did not listen to this message, but I did recently.

I love it because Pastor John opens by talking about our pursuit of joy, which is what

drives all of our lives and the substances that we consume.

Pastor John said this quote, I believe that all men have this in common, namely that

we all want to be happy.

Now not all of us agree on how to find that happiness or where it comes from, but we do

agree that we want it.

I think that's common ground for all human kind.

And that's not a bad thing.

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