Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley. Today we will be going over Proverb 29. I will then key in on verse 23 - A man's pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor. Friends, in the book of Proverbs, there are numerous occasions when they make a comparison between someone who is walking in pride and someone who is walking in humility. If you are in pride, you will be brought to destruction, you will have a fall, you will be brought low, etc. If you walk in humility, you will retain honor (as this verse tells us), you will be raised, or brought to a place of honor. This tells us which one is the right one to do. So let's humble ourselves and learn to walk in humility. Today we will continue our podcast which I began on Monday (learning about a young Jewish man named Daniel). In Chapter #4, the king has his second dream - which Daniel is able to interpret for him. The king is walking in pride and God is going to remover his kingdom from him. However, God is gracious, and tells the king that when he humbles himself that his kingdom will then be restored to him. Eventually the king dies, and his son is promoted to the position of king. But, like his father, he, too is walking in pride and God is going to take his kingdom from him. Daniel interprets a dream that this king has and the king ends up being slain that night. The new king, Darius, seeks council from Daniel and promotes him over all others in the kingdom. This creates envy from the other leaders and they plot a plan that will have Daniel thrown into a den will deadly lions. In short order, Daniel is, indeed, thrown into this den full of lions. However, God smiled on Daniel, and did not allow the lions to harm him. The king is ever so thankful. Daniel is a reminder of how it is we are to walk. He humbled himself throughout the book of Daniel. We should do the same. Call to Action - seek God and ask Him if there is anything in your life that you need to get rid of. If so, humble yourself before Him. Suggested scripture reading - read Chapters 4-6 of Daniel.
