Welcome to Sunday Fuel! This series of questions is designed to assist your personal reflection and fellowship with others about the sermon from this past Sunday.
Go to This Sunday’s Sermon start at 26:20
1. What is an area of wisdom that you need to grow in? If you cannot think of something, consider humbly asking someone close to you to help you identify an area of growth. In this area of growth, what ways are you becoming more like God and in what ways do you walk in the ways of the world?
2. What words of wisdom and truth from God’s Word speak into this area? Consider some of the “proverbs” found in this passage as a starter. How can they help recalibrate your definition of what a good and well-lived life looks like? How might it help you apply wisdom in your words and in your work?
3. What doubts or fears delay you from obeying God’s Word? What makes you say “what’s the point” to living wisely? What are the risks of continuing to walk in the ways of the world? Is there pride or arrogance that keeps you from applying wisdom?
4. Pastor Francis points out that walking in the way of wisdom does not guarantee results, so it may be tempting to resort to our own understanding to control the outcomes. However, wisdom chooses to walk in God’s ways in trust, not in our own limited human wisdom, but in Him instead. Would you be willing to take this step of faith and declare this to the Lord in prayer today instead of waiting for “a better time”?
5. What is something you can do to act in both wisdom and faith as you consider this area of growth in your life? What do you need to hold more loosely? Where can you give more generously? How can you spend yourself for God and others in faith, believing that He will use you in ways you cannot anticipate?
“Wisdom is better than security and folly is worse than loss. Wisdom is better than power and folly is worse than weakness. Wisdom is better than being loved and folly is worse than being lonely. Wisdom is better than being rich and folly is worse than being poor. Wisdom is better than pleasure and folly is worse than pain. Wisdom is better than success and folly is worse than failure.” —Bobby Jamieson
