Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 1078 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
How To Make Wise Choices - Ask Gramps


Wisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge.  Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy.  Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1078 of our Trek and time for our Philosophy Friday series.  Each Friday we will ponder some of the basic truths and mysteries of life, and how they can impact us in creating our living legacy.  As we continue on this trek called life, sometimes we have questions about life, so our Friday trek is a time where we can ‘Ask Gramps.’   Gramps will answer questions that you would like to ask your dad or granddad, but for whatever reason, this is not possible.  No matter how old we are, I know that all of us would like the opportunity to ask dad or gramps questions about life in many areas.

We may mix it up a bit on our Friday episodes, but will strive to keep them down to earth and enjoyable.   If you have any questions that you would like to ask Gramps, please email them to guthrie@wisdom-trek.com

My surgery for removing the rod and screws from my left femur last Friday was very successful, and I am well on my way to recovery.  Although it is still quite sore in the four areas that the incisions were made, I can already tell that there will be relief from the irritation that was caused by the rod and screws.  There will be some discomfort at least until next Wednesday when the bandages are removed, and I get the staples taken out of the incisions.  I am excited about the results.

Each day we are faced with a bombardment with decisions and choices that we make.  It is not always easy to make sure we are making wise choices.

So the questions for this week and next is:

“Hey, Gramps, when you come to decision points in life, and there is a multitude of choices to make how do you make sure that you are making wise choices, especially when there are several good options?
How To Make Wise Choices
We make hundreds of choices each day.  Some choices are spontaneous, and of little consequence, like the coffee mug, we choose in the morning.  Other decisions carry greater weight and significance, like choosing the person we will marry.  In either extreme or with any decision in between, learning how to make wise choices is an important life skill for every believer and servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.  In fact, doing God’s will is really a matter of making the right choices on a consistent, daily basis.

All godly wisdom starts with the fear of the Lord.  Proverbs 1:7 tells us: Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. To fear God is to reverently acknowledge Him for who He truly is.  The result of fearing God is the avoidance of evil.  Picturing yourself in the presence of Almighty God as you make decisions can be a safeguard to keep you from making foolish and unwise choices.   Start your decision-making process with eternity in mind and with the goal of hearing; “Well done, my good and faithful servant” from your Lord and Master.  

When we start our decision-making process by fearing the Lord, we put ourselves in the positions of humility before God.  It is at this point that our hearts are ready to acknowledge our utter dependence upon the Lord for his guidance, counsel, and wisdom in how to proceed forward. God wants to guide our lives and decision making and promises such guidance in His Word.