King Solomon, son of King David, wrote much of Proverbs, and his story is a powerful one to walk your children through.
Start by asking them: what would you ask for if God offered you anything? At Gibeon, God asked Solomon exactly that. Instead of long life, riches, or victory over his enemies, Solomon asked for wisdom to govern well and discern good from evil. Show your kids how God was pleased with that request and gave Solomon wisdom beyond anyone before or after him, plus wealth and honor he never even asked for. It's a great chance to teach them that God honors those who ask for wisdom over selfish gain.
Solomon walked with God, then strayed into worldliness, and Ecclesiastes captures the lesson worth passing on to your children. The words of the wise are goads, pointed sticks that prod us forward even when wisdom is uncomfortable, and nails, anchors that hold things together and drive truth deep into us. Teach them the takeaway is simple: fear God and keep His commandments, that's the whole duty of man.
Bring Solomon's accomplishments into the conversation too. He wrote over a thousand songs, authored three books of the Bible, built the first temple in Jerusalem, built cities and a fleet of ships, hosted rulers from around the world who came to learn from him, and was likely the richest man who ever lived, all while keeping peace as king. Let your kids see what a life devoted to wisdom can produce.
Help your children understand that Proverbs is pure, trustworthy wisdom, not because Solomon was perfect (he wasn't, any more than you or I), but because a perfect God used an imperfect man. That same God wants to use them too. Walk through what it looks like as a family to pursue wisdom, fear God, and obey Him, and let your kids wrestle with what God's wisdom looks like next to the world's.
We also revisit the Resolute Men Encouragement from Episode 03, "Accelerating Change Requires Decisiveness," a lesson worth modeling for your children as much as living out yourself. Passivity and indecision are being weaponized against men, and the normal cycle looks the same every time: warning signs get ignored, the problem escalates and causes real pain, and the non-decision ends up controlling your circumstances anyway. We cover two of the five steps toward becoming decisive, why small daily decisions matter as much as the big ones, and the payoff: becoming someone your family can rely on and a source of safety for those around you.
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