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Reading:

Proverbs 23:1-12

Why God wants me to work. I mean, why does God want me to work?

“Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom” (Proverbs 23:4).

Well, it makes sense to me that I should work hard to acquire wealth. But I’m supposed to turn away from my own wisdom.

So…why should I avoid wealth acquisition as my motivation for working?

“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven” (Proverbs 23:5).

Material wealth is nothing. Like a sunset, its beauty is arresting but its durability is fleeting. Here for a moment; gone forever.

So what should be my purpose in labor?

[The Scriptures say in Proverbs 23:5 -- Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?]

from Proverbs 23:5

Reading:

Proverbs 3:29-35; 6:12-19

In my initial preparations this for our Sunday School lesson this coming Sunday, I came up with these eight questions to chew:

  1. “His secret is with the righteous” (3:32)??
  2. What was God’s disposition toward my behavior this past week?
  3. “He blesseth the habitation of the just” (3:33) — My house, blessed?
  4. “He giveth grace unto the lowly” (3:34) — So…do I get any?
  5. What do I have coming? (3:35)
  6. What’s in my mouth? (6:12)
  7. For what am I using the members of my body? (6:13)
  8. “These six things doth the LORD hate” (6:16) — Do I care?

And here’s something I wrote eight years ago: Do you turn God’s stomach and make His blood boil?

[The Scriptures say in Proverbs 6:33 -- He blesseth the habitation of the just]

from Proverbs 6:33