Wisdom-Trek / Creating a LegacyWelcome to Day 1319 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomHow Do You View Success? – Meditation MondayWisdom - 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 1319 of our Trek, and it is time for Meditation Monday. Taking time to relax, refocus, and reprioritize our lives is crucial in order to create a living legacy. For you, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection. You may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life, meditation includes reading and reflecting on God’s Word and in prayer. It is a time to renew my mind, refocus on what is most important, and making sure that I am nurturing my soul, mind, and body. As you come along with me on our trek each Meditation Monday, it is my hope and prayer that you, too, will experience a time for reflection and renewing of your mind.


Today we are going a little different angle in our meditation to look at an Old Testament character. We will explore one aspect of Abraham’s promised son, Issac. I recently read one of my devotionals from the book “Men of the Bible” produced by Ann Spangler, which I found interesting as it considered Issac's business success. So today, let us consider:


How Do You View Success?Let me share some background information about Issac to refresh your memory.


His name means: "He Laughs" The reason for this is that his mother laughed when God’s messenger told her that she would have a son, considering she was over ninety years old.


His work: Isaac was an accomplished farmer and herdsman.


His character: The only son of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, at a young age, witnessed, through the faithfulness of his father, the meaning of obedience. He was gentle and hardworking.


His sorrow: As an old and feeble man, Isaac was victimized by the deception of his son Jacob and to his later dismay, gave him the blessing that he had intended for his older son, Esau.


His triumph: Isaac is considered one of the three great patriarchs. For millennia his progeny have revered him.


Key Scriptures:  Genesis 25-27 (http://links.biblegateway.mkt4731.com/ctt?kn=27&ms=NjMwNDIzOTcS1&r=MjgwMDY3MDI2NzcS1&b=0&j=MTgwNDQwNjA5OQS2&mt=1&rt=0)


Now let’s continue on with the story of his business success. Ask yourself how you would respond to this scenario. When a man or woman is hugely successful in their work, everyone notices. Some of those people celebrate their prosperity; others hate them for it. What would your response be?


This is what Isaac experienced. He is one of the early farmers in the Scriptures with a remarkable green thumb. Genesis 26:12-13 When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him.  He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow. Isaac had a secret formula - something more powerful than a precise crop rotation strategy or specially formulated fertilizer: The Lord blessed him.Godly excellence in the marketplace and the generous compensation that often follows it has been the subject of controversy among believers for centuries. Surely Christians are supposed to aspire to serving professions like physicians, missionaries, nurses, and teachers. But is there a place for successful, competitive businesspeople in God's plan as well?


The story of Isaac and his wife Rebekah's years in the land of the Philistines illustrates the answer to these...