The Insights

For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal thing.... Prize Wisdom highly and exalt her, and she will exalt and promote you; she will bring you to honor when you embrace her. – Proverbs 4:7-8, The Amplified Bible I want to tell you the only real secret to getting ahead in this world. It’s simple. Put the Word of God first place in your daily life. “Well,” you may be saying, “I’ve heard that before. It’s no secret.” But when you understand what I mean, it could be a revelation to you. You see, the Bible is not just a textbook, a storybook or a history book. It’s a handbook for living. It’s the wisdom of Almighty God written down so that you can apply it to your everyday circumstances. God says that wisdom is the “principal thing.” Principal means “first in importance.” That means the Word of God needs to occupy the place of highest importance in all of your activities. I know from experience what an impact that can have on your life. Twenty years ago I decided to read

“But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage, I am here”  Matt.14:27 Most of us know Bill Gates and some of us have heard his story but there are parts to his story that some have never heard. Bill and his partner Paul Allen owned a software company. A lot of us do not know what the real situation was when IBM approached Bill Gates to write an operating system for them. When IBM came, Bill Gates simply said he would do it right away. How is that important, you may ask? It is important because at that time, he did not have an operating system or the time to start writing an operating system. Writing an operating system is huge, even now with all the tools available. A lot of people would have been afraid and would have declined with apologies. But not Bill Gates, he accepted the opening. He then went to find a company in Seattle that had already written an operating system and bought the code from them for fifty thousand dollars. Bill Gates did not