Labor not…. To be rich 2
Hello everyone,
How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. We thank God for another day that He has made which we can rejoice and be glad in.
Primary Text: Proverbs 23v4&5
“Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. Will you set your eyes upon your wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.” Proverbs 23v4&5 (AMP)
“Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise enough to know when to quit. In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.” Proverbs 23v4&5 (NLT)
It is not that God doesn’t want His children to be prosperous? On the contrary, the Bible tells us “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of His servant” (Psalm 35v27). But He wants us to remember that He is our source. Apart from Him we can do nothing. That’s why Israel was warned that after they got to the land, “You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms His covenant, which He swore to your ancestors, as it is today. If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God” (Deuteronomy 8v17-20, NIV). Before we make a decision, it is wise to involve God in it. Wealth can be fleeting, and what might look good today, may be destroyed in the future. Let God guide you.
Supplementary Text:
“And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.” Genesis 13v5-18 (KJV)
Prayer
Father, I thank You for You are my God. I look to no one else but You. Guide me. Lead me into the inheritance You have in store for me. Perform that which YOU have appointed for me. Glorify Yourself in my life. Turn my heart toward Your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn My eyes away from worthless things: preserve my life according to Your Word in Jesus name I pray, amen.
How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. We thank God for another day that He has made which we can rejoice and be glad in.
Primary Text: Proverbs 23v4&5
“Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. Will you set your eyes upon your wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.” Proverbs 23v4&5 (AMP)
“Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise enough to know when to quit. In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.” Proverbs 23v4&5 (NLT)
It is not that God doesn’t want His children to be prosperous? On the contrary, the Bible tells us “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of His servant” (Psalm 35v27). But He wants us to remember that He is our source. Apart from Him we can do nothing. That’s why Israel was warned that after they got to the land, “You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms His covenant, which He swore to your ancestors, as it is today. If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God” (Deuteronomy 8v17-20, NIV). Before we make a decision, it is wise to involve God in it. Wealth can be fleeting, and what might look good today, may be destroyed in the future. Let God guide you.
Supplementary Text:
“And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.” Genesis 13v5-18 (KJV)
Prayer
Father, I thank You for You are my God. I look to no one else but You. Guide me. Lead me into the inheritance You have in store for me. Perform that which YOU have appointed for me. Glorify Yourself in my life. Turn my heart toward Your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn My eyes away from worthless things: preserve my life according to Your Word in Jesus name I pray, amen.
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