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Chapter 2 The Question Is... Hallerin Hilton Hill Last week... Chapter one states the intent of this book and Gods larger intent for your life. God wants to make your life and your world better. God gets you. God is for you. God loves you. To enjoy the fruit of Gods wisdom you must have a reverence-saturated respect for God as your foundation. You grow that reverence by spending time with him reading his word, meditating on his word and by cultivating a rich, continual prayer life. This weeks main point. Gods wisdom means nothing if you dont trust him. If you want to grow in wisdom, if you want to see the results of wisdom in your life you have to make a decision to trust him and to heed his words and accept his direction. Unless and until you do wisdom is worthless. The 22 verses of chapter two are broken into 3 sections. - The proposition! - The payoff - The protection The proposition Wisdoms power to change every facet of your life for the better is amazing and to be desired. But wisdoms power is either limited or activated by your faith. The rst big question is: Will you heed my words and accept my direction? The power of everything AFTER this very depends soley on how you respond. This is a binary decision. Its yes or no. Its 1 or zero. Its black or white. The book of Proverbs is coaching you from the very beginning on how to make wise choices. This is your rst test. Every day this is a question you can use as a kind of wisdom lter. If you answer yes then the next step is to pursue Gods words and direction with passion, persistence, patience and purpose. If you do so, then there is a payoff. There is a tremendous upside.

This chapter sets up the if/then challenge. In computer programming the if/then logic sequence is used to write code. If you press this key then this happens. If you press that key then that happens. You get the idea. Life had laws and consequences. Gods love is unconditional. But life is not. If you trust God with the ifs you will be happier with your thens. Given the fact that he created and sustains every law (physical & spiritual) upon which our world is based it makes since to trust his word. The Payoff Saying yes to God leads to a domino effect of blessings. When you say yes Your relationship with and reverence for God surge. You understand the fear of the Lord, righteousness, justice, fairness and every good path. That knowledge co-mingled with uninching faith in God gives you the ability to make better life choices. Better choices, better life. The Protection The upgrade in discernment will protect you from the people, pleasures and pitfalls that stand ready to consume and conne you at any given moment. The wrong men in your life can be devastating. The wrong women in your life can be devastating. The wrong habits in your life can be devastating. Wisdom teaches you to see the danger before it sees you. The Conclusion At the end of it all youre left with a choice. And you are instructed to choose wisely. A life based on Gods wisdom involves only one choice. Choosing to trust him. IF you choose him THEN you will know wisdom. The Challenge Answer the question. (c) 2012 Hallerin Hilton Hill Wisdom House Publishing