Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Have you ever done something that was foolish? Looking back you can say if I had only… I reckon to some degree we all have! The worst examples are when we have been instructed properly, yet we go ahead and proceed our own way. I use to watch my dad tune up his old truck. Those were the days when a complete tune up included plugs, plug wires, points, condenser, rotor button, and rotor cap. I just spoke Greek to some of you! Dad said son, don’t remove all the wires at once. Remove one at a time, match length with new one and replace. Well, I became a teenager and learned the firing order was on the manifold. So…I got this! Took all the wires off and proceeded with tune up. Guess what? When I tried to start it, it coughed n belched n backfired! Immediately I began to think…DAD WAS RIGHT! I learned that lesson the hard way! It would have been so much easier to listen and learn from the instructor! I’ll let you in on a secret, my dad was not always right. But…Our Heavenly Father is! Our verse says fools despise wisdom and instruction. That day as a teenager I felt pretty foolish! A wise man learns from his mistakes, a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others as well. We have a Bible filled with examples of people who made horrific mistakes. It is also filled with examples of people who lived in obedience to God. Which example will we follow?

Pastor Rick Vannoy, 2 Corinthians 4:4