Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley. Today we will be going over Proverb 13. I will then key in on verse 10 - By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom. Ordinarily, in the Bible, when we talk about pride we talk about someone who feels that they have no need of God and tries to do everything on their own, and in their own might. This verse tells us that this will cause strife. I looked up strife and it means angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues. Friends, we do not want strife in our life. Strife means to have disagreements and will result in caustic relationships. Finally, it says with the well-advised is wisdom. Friends, we need to have a couple people in our lives who think the way we do - people who we can go to for counsel or prayer. Today I will continue my study on people in the Old Testament who showed the characteristic of humility. Specifically, I am going to talk about a woman that doesn't actually have a name in the Bible - she is simply referred to as the Shunamite woman. She has made a habit of feeding the prophet Elish whenever he passes by her house. She urges her husband to go a step further and make a make-shift bedroom for him up on the roof - so he will have a place to sleep when he passes their way. So, Elisha asks her what he can do for her. He recognizes the fact that she does not have a son and tells her that, by this time next year, that she will have a son. She rebukes the prophet, as she doesn't think he is capable of keeping that promise - yet she conceives the next year. The boy grows and a number of years later he gets sick and dies. She refuses to accept that and goes to see the man of God - who comes back and raises her son back to life. Call to Action - as if there is anything God has called you to that you have not yet begun to do. Suggested scripture reading: Reread this chapter - 2 Kings, Chapter 4. Also, read the 17th chapter of 1 Kings.
