Tagged: prudence

See last week’s devotion for Part One: Prudence Urgent: requiring immediate action or attention.   He inquired of Arioch the king’s deputy, “Why is the decree from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter. So Daniel went in and requested the king to grant him time, that he might disclose the interpretation to the king.  Daniel 2:15-16 I learned to be urgency averse from a tiny book called Tyranny of the Urgent by the late Charles Hummel. Out of fifteen books and Bible studies published in Hummel’s lifetime, Tyranny of the Urgent was a bestseller. It was printed in 1994, the year I married and the year I started my clinical residency as a speech-language pathologist. Many things were demanding my time and I was… Read More

Prudence: wisdom in practical matters. Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel to Arioch, who was in charge of the king’s executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel 2:14 Prudence perceives practical in the midst of panic. King Nebuchadnezzar’s entire court was in a panic because no one could interpret the king’s dream. He issued and put Arioch in charge. As the king’s executioner, Arioch came to deliver the sinister news: even Daniel and his three wise friends were in line for execution. Instead of reacting in terror, Daniel kept his head, so to speak. He was sober, alert, and patient. He listened carefully and heard the heart of the matter beneath the hullabaloo: The king was terrified. A calm person brings comfort… Read More