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Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 1144 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
The Desires of Your Heart – Meditation Monday


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 1144 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.

 

All too often we think, or are taught, that God’s will for our lives is something mystical, or difficult to discern, but it is not.  God’s will for us is to utilize our God-given abilities for His glory.  It most often corresponds to what we already enjoy doing and qualified to do.

In today’s meditation, let us consider:
The Desires of Your Heart
God gives each of us certain talents and abilities in our lives.  Through normal or extreme circumstances, God molds those talents and abilities to refine us for His Kingdom.  It is no more special to be a pastor or a plumber.  What is important is to be using your God-given talents and abilities for His honor and glory to further His kingdom.  It reminds me of the parable of the three servants found in Matthew 25:14-30 .  The amount of money given to each servant was not important, it was what each servant did with the money that they were judged on. There is a story about a twenty-year-old marine, just discharged from the military, and pondering his future. He bore a square jaw, a forearm tattoo, and a common question. He didn’t know what to do with the rest of his life. As he shared his story with a wise man, who relayed it to me. Here is the story.

He told me about his uncle, a New England priest. “What a great man,” the ex-soldier sighed. “He helps kids and feeds the hungry. I’d love to make a difference like that.”

I then asked him, “What were some occasions when you did something you love to do, and did it quite well?”

He dismissed the question at first and said. “Aw, what I love to do is stupid.”

“Try me,” I invited.

“Well, I love to rebuild stuff.”

“What do you mean?”

He spoke of an old coffee table he had found in a garage. Seeing its potential, he shaved off the paint, fixed the broken legs, and restored it. With great pride, he presented it to his mom.

“Tell me another time,” I prompted.

“This one is really dumb,” he discounted. “But when I worked at a butcher shop, I used to find meat on the bones others threw out. My boss loved me! I could find several pounds of meat just by giving the bone a second try.”

I tested a possibility with him. “You love to salvage stuff. You salvage furniture, salvage meat. God gave you the ability to find a treasure in someone else’s trash.”

My idea surprised him. “God? God did that?”

“Yes, I said, God. Your ability to restore a table is every bit as holy as your uncle’s ability to restore a life.