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Introduction
Wisdom can come from many places, don’t you agree?
Do you remember of a time your heard something that perked your ear, and you said huh! That’s pretty good!
One of my idols growing up was, Bruce Lee.
As a matter of fact, I named my dog after him.
He was one of few Asians who I can remember looking up to.
In reality, he was the only one that interested me.
I watched his movies, and one of his biographies titled the Dragon: The Bruce Lee story with Jason Scott Lee.
By the way, Jason did a marvelous job at portraying Bruce.
It was a very moving biography.
If you did not know this, the movie that catapulted Bruce to stardom in my opinion, was Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee, Bolo Yeung, and John Saxon.
In the movie, Bruce said one of the most, memorable lines of all times.
This is what he said, “Don’t think!
Feel.
It is like a finger pointing away to the moon.
Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.”
That’s wisdom friends!
Wisdom can come from various sources.
One of my idols growing up was, Bruce Lee.
He was one of few Asians who I can remember looking up to.
I watched his movies, and his biography, the Dragon: The Bruce Lee story with Jason Scott Lee.
As a matter of fact, Jason Scott Lee did a marvelous job at his portrayal of Bruce.
It was a very moving biography.
In any case, the movie that I believe catapulted Bruce to stardom was Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee, Bolo Yeung, and John Saxon.
In that movie, Bruce said one of the most, memorable lines of all times.
This is what he said, “don’t think!
Feel.
It is like a finger pointing away to the moon.
Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.”
Although the line was good, it was a movie line.
It wasn’t that Bruce came up with it.
At a time when UFC wasn’t around, and some TVs were still showing in black and white, he was a man ahead of his time.
As a matter of fact, I heard some people call him the first mixed martial artists of our time.
Anyway, not only was Bruce a great fighter, he was also a man of wisdom.
He was philosopher!
It was in 1971, at the Pierre Berton Show, that Bruce said something that I cannot forget.
He said,“You must be shapeless, formless, like water.
When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.
When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can drip, and it can crash.
Become like water my friend.”
I appreciate that, because as a grappler there are times we need to stiff up and at times we need to flow.
You must be like water and adapt to the fight.
Be like water, my friend!
However, the most important wisdom given by Bruce was in an interview in the Pierre Berton Show.
For you youngsters, the interview was done during the times when a lot of the TVs were still black and white.
By the way, Bruce was considered the very first mixed martial artists, and that was before the days of the UFC. Bruce was a man ahead of his time.
The wisdom he gave was the following, “You must be shapeless, formless, like water.
When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.
When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can drip, and it can crash.
Become like water my friend.”
As a grappler you will understand what he is saying.
You have to flow, you can’t be rigid.
If you are rigid, you break and hurt yourself.
You must be like water and adapt to the fight.
Be like water, my friend!
I want to tell you that the Bible is full of wisdom, and sometimes it comes from the most unlikely of sources.
The wisdom we are going to examine comes from the book of Proverbs.
If you don’t know much about the Proverbs, it is mostly written in poetic form.
The proverbs are wisdom sayings that demonstrate how the world generally works.
The proverbs are not promises but general guidelines for you and me.
I want to tell you that the Bible is full of wisdom, and sometimes it comes from the most unlikely of sources.
The wisdom we are going to examine comes from the book of Proverbs.
If you don’t know much about the Proverbs, it is mostly written in the form of poetry.
The Proverbs are wisdom sayings that demonstrate how the world generally works.
It doesn’t guarantee that everything it says will happen.
We assert that Proverbs are not promises but general guidelines for you and me.
I want to speak about a proverb written by Agur.
He was a unique individual.
He was enigmatic to say the least.
Some believe that he wasn’t even a Hebrew.
Allegedly, he was a sage from Arabia, who began as an agnostic and later became convinced by the God of the Bible.
He was very pedestrian in thought, and his wisdom demonstrate divine imprints, which obviously were recorded in the Bible.
I want to share a proverb written by Agur.
Agur was a unique person and very enigmatic, to say the least.
Scholars believe that he wasn’t even a Hebrew.
Allegedly, he was a sage from Arabia, who began as an agnostic and later became convinced by the God of the Bible.
Nonetheless, he was very pedestrian in thoughts, and his wisdom had divine imprints, which were recorded in the Bible.
Agur was a very observant man.
He understood the importance of being attentive and learning from the creatures that we often take as irrelevant.
He marveled at creation and in , we can see how he sought the identity of the one who established the world.
He realized the power of the one who created the world, and we should never overlook anything that God creates, even the little things.
Agur was a very observant man.
He understood the importance of being attentive and learning from the creatures that we often view as irrelevant.
It is a valuable lesson, especially for the young people.
So, the message is that everything that God creates is good, so we should never overlook anything that God creates, even the little things.
Each illustration that Agur gives us from nature contains a vital behavior that we can glean from it.
It also teaches us that size does not matter.
What we think is a weakness, it is indeed a strength.
So, today’s sermon will answer the question: Why should we pay attention to God’s creatures?
The answer is that we will find unique hidden characteristics or behaviors that are necessary for our Christian maturity.
In , Agur gives us illustrations of creatures from nature that have a key behavior that we shouldn’t overlook.
He also teaches us that size does not matter.
What we think is a weakness, it is indeed a strength.
On today’s message we will answer the question: Why should we observe God’s creatures?
The answer is that we will find unique hidden characteristics or behaviors that are necessary for the development of our Christian character.
Let’s begin with our first piece of wisdom.
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