For Us was never meant to be the destination—it’s a vessel, a bridge, a means to a greater end: the glory of Jesus Christ. After nearly a decade of waiting and preparation, I now see it clearly. This ministry exists to proclaim Christ, build up His church, and invite others into the life found in Him. We don’t want to build a brand—we want to bear fruit. Join us as we take our first faithful steps. Pray with us. The journey is just beginning.
What does it mean to receive “love with faith” from God? In this reflection on Ephesians 6:23, discover how these two gifts—complete on their own—combine to open the heart in a way nothing else can. It might be the key your soul needs today.
This question gets to the heart of ministry. We don’t study theology just for knowledge—we press into Christ so that truth is both understood and lived. The work of a pastor-theologian isn’t just to teach doctrine but to see people transformed into Christ’s likeness.
The world feels like it’s on edge—wars, conflicts, and political turmoil dominate the headlines. But as believers, our hope isn’t in governments or world leaders—it’s in Christ’s return. In uncertain times, we don’t retreat; we look up and cry Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus! Read more about how we can anchor our faith in the unshakable promise of His return.
More important than any skill, trade, or talent, fearing the Lord is the gateway and guardrail of Wisdom’s Way. Those traveling the roadway enter through fearing the Lord and are kept on the path through the fear of the Lord. Everything else is secondary in this life compared to godliness. Eventually, everyone will know this. Until then, God uses our lives to display his work in us as he often carries us along Wisdom’s Pathway as he Patterns us after the Proverbs.
Wisdom’s Pathway is often uphill. When those moments of opportunity to be wise come, we have the assurance of trusting in the Lord with all of our hearts knowing that he whose words always prove true, who is a shield to those who take refuge in him, will make a crooked path straight. He calls us to walk and trust in him.
Wisdom enables us to distinguish what truly matters. Ensure you are tending and keeping what will last forever. Wisdom’s perspective provides serenity. There is an endless joy when a heart aligns its ways with seeking God’s ways. Seeking God’s ways means trusting in him with all of our hearts, forever.
A wise warning against alcohol and drunkenness. Those who ask is it right to drink should consider the Proverbs and ask a different question. The Proverbs, again and again, warn about the dangers of beverage alcohol. Ask not, is it right to drink? Ask instead, is it wise to drink? The Proverbs is clear, drinking is a road marker on the pathway of folly. Wisdom calls us to avoid it.
Those closest to us should have the greatest benefit of our pursuing wisdom, especially those God has entrusted to our care – our children. Proverbs is a practical model of Deuteronomy 6 which encourages fathers and mothers to teach their children the fear of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The point of this proverb is to show our children Wisdom’s Pathway and walk with them hand in hand leading them as they encounter the pitfalls and joys along the pathway. Our study of the Proverbs gives us road markers of the way we are to train our children to go.
Our own judgment of ourselves is fraught with a narrowed focus, therefore we need something else to guide our steps other than our own ways. Thus the importance of revelation. Revelation is God’s voice piercing through the darkness saying, “This is the way walk in it.” Further, from verse 9 we also see the importance of redemption. Only the blood of Jesus can wash away all our sins.
The consequences of wisdom are no laughing matter. As these proverbs have expressed so far, keeping your foot firmly planted on Wisdom’s Way leads to life. Slipping off the straight and narrow means doom. I pray you have someone who will not scoff at you but instead will do what verse 25 encourages and correct when needed. The wise will accept correction that encourages walking wisely. The fool will despise such instruction.
Verse 24 ends Proverbs 18 the way we began with a word of comfort for one prone to isolation – there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. For those walking along Wisdom’s Way, you will find Jesus, who himself is Wisdom, to be such a friend. His friendship shows itself in every moment and lasts not for a lifetime, but for forever. What a friend we have in Jesus!
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