Let Proverbs Rewire Your Brain

I thought discipline was about grinding harder.

But sixteen days into the 40 Day Challenge, I've learned something that's reshaping everything: discipline isn't about routine.

It's about relationship.

With God.

With wisdom.

With the person you're becoming.

Solomon Doesn't Mess Around

Proverbs hits you like a freight train from Day 1.

"Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public square" (Proverbs 1:20).

She's not whispering sweet motivations in your ear. She's yelling truth at you while you walk past with headphones on, pretending you don't hear her.

There's no middle ground in Proverbs. No "figure it out as you go." Just two paths: wisdom or foolishness. Life or death. Choose.

By Day 10, I realized Solomon was writing life's source code.

Every chapter is full of if/then statements that still run the world:

"The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down" (Proverbs 21:20).

If you're wise, you save. If you're foolish, you consume everything now.

The pattern is everywhere once you see it.

What This Challenge Actually Does

This isn't about reading a chapter and checking a box.

This is about building spiritual reflexes that change how you move through the world.

Every day, you MOVE. Physically. Because a disciplined body supports a disciplined mind.

Every day, you REFLECT. Mentally. Because wisdom without application is just information hoarding.

Every day, you SUBMIT. Spiritually. Because all wisdom starts with the fear of the Lord.

You can't expect new fruit if you keep planting old habits. Your words and your discipline are literally architecting your future.

The Hits That Hit Different

Here's what stopped me cold in these first sixteen days:

Day 5 – Discipline Starts With What You Say No To: The chapter talks about adultery, but it's really about being attracted to anything that promises quick satisfaction but delivers long-term destruction.

Netflix. Junk food. Toxic relationships. Same principle.

Days 7-9 – Fools Love Shortcuts: While wise people invest early and build slowly, fools want results without process. They react instead of prepare. They consume instead of create.

Sound familiar?

Day 12 – Your Words Are Seeds:

"The tongue has the power of life and death" (Proverbs 18:21).

What are you planting in every conversation?

Encouragement or discouragement?

Hope or fear? The harvest is coming whether you planned it or not.

Day 15 – Even Loners Need Counsel:

"Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed" (Proverbs 15:22). Even musical geniuses need producers.

Even entrepreneurs need mentors.

Pride makes you think you can figure it out alone.

Wisdom knows better.

Day 16 – God Determines the Outcome:

"In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps" (Proverbs 16:9).

You can strategize all you want, but God determines the results.

Partner with Him from the beginning, not just when your plans fall apart.

The Jesus Connection That Changes Everything

All this wisdom in Proverbs points to someone bigger.

Jesus is the fulfillment of Proverbs' call.

"Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God" (1 Corinthians 1:24).

He doesn't just teach wisdom—He IS wisdom

When Proverbs says:

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" (Proverbs 3:5)

Jesus shows us what that trust looks like in flesh and blood.

He doesn't just want you to learn from Him.

He wants you to partner with Him.

The Holy Spirit is your internal wisdom, guiding you into all truth.

"The Lord determines the steps" (Proverbs 16:9).

He still does.

Every day of this challenge, every decision, every moment of discipline—He's establishing the steps for those who trust Him.

The Real Challenge

I'm on Day 16, and this challenge is still rewiring me.

There's tension—between what I want to do and what wisdom says to do. But there's also reward.

Clarity. Strength. Alignment between who I am and who I'm becoming.

The goal isn't perfection. It's partnership. With God's wisdom. With His plan. With His timing.

Your Spirit, Mind, and Body weren't meant to pull in different directions.

They were designed to work together, submitted to God's wisdom, for His glory and your good.

That’s it for today

keep JOY, live Disciplined

^{P.S. I'm documenting this entire journey on YouTube—the real process, not the highlight reel. Admittedly, I am some days behind on uploads. Working with an editor now to speed my process up. But, If you're ready to stop drifting and start building something solid, you can jump in too.}

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The transformation is better when we do it together.