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Welcome to Day 1484 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomBible Study \u2013 Five Minutes and A Sermon \u2013 Meditation MondayWisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge.\xa0Welcome 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.\xa0Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1484 of our Trek, and it is time for Meditation Monday.\xa0Taking time to relax, refocus, and reprioritize our lives is crucial in order to create a living legacy.\xa0For you, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection.\xa0You may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life, Meditation includes reading and reflecting on God\u2019s Word and in prayer.\xa0It 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.\xa0As 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.\xa0
We are continuing our series this week on Meditation Monday as we focus on Mastering Bible Study through a series of brief insights from Hebrew Scholar, Dr. Michael S. Heiser.\xa0Our current insights are focusing on study habits to build a strong foundation. Today let us meditate on:
Bible Study \u2013 Five Minutes and A Sermon\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Insight Twenty-Three: Five Minutes Is A Long Time
Let\u2019s start this segment with another story from Dr. Heiser that focuses on how important it is to invest in each moment we have.\xa0Here is his story: Growing up, no one taught me the Bible. My first exposure to the Bible that I can remember happened when I was about ten years old. My best friend\u2019s mom had a devotional time with her kids. If I was there, I was invited to stay. I was amazed that kids my age and younger knew the names of Bible characters and stories. About all I knew was Adam, Eve, and Jesus (at least the names).
There were times I\u2019d sit in that little Bible study feeling like the dumbest person in the room. I guess I was when it came to the Bible. I wanted to know more, but it felt like an impossible task. Today, I\u2019m a Bible scholar with advanced degrees who studies Scripture in the original languages. I\u2019m light-years from where I started.
Trust me; it didn\u2019t happen overnight. What I know now is the cumulative result of thousands of incremental sessions of studying Scripture and hundreds of resources related to it. It had to be that way, since I worked full time through fifteen years of graduate school, and most of my time in college before that.

One of the most helpful things I\u2019ve ever heard was something a professor told us during freshman orientation at college. One of our orientation sessions was about time management. The professor looked out over the auditorium and then changed my life when she said five minutes is a long time. If you\u2019ve ever had to wait five minutes for something (a favorite show, an appointment, the bathroom!), you know it\u2019s true.
I took her advice to heart. If I had five minutes to read or review something, I took it. It\u2019s incredible how much data can pile up in your brain in small bits. I got through college and graduate school and did well. I still can\u2019t stand to be idle. I\u2019m always trying to learn about something.
I understand what it means to be pressed for time. Making time for Bible study is a legitimate challenge, especially if you\u2019re an adult with a job, kids, and a string of responsibilities. If you only have five minutes for careful Bible study, take it. It will add up. I\u2019m living proof that it works.
\xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Insight Twenty-Four: Listening to a Sermon Is...