Proverbs 21:5-7 - Good
planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
Wealth created by lying is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap. Because the wicked refuse to do what is just,
their violence boomerangs and destroys them.
These verses from chapter 21 speak to our need to live within
our means. Easy credit …and quick
turnover loans…have placed a mentality of … ‘I want it now’…into our
society. If we can get a loan…then we are
meant to have the car …or house….or new clothes…or technology. Even the great
nation we live in in 3 trillion dollars in debt.
But Solomon warns us of the consequences of using these
shortcuts to get what we want too quickly.
He tells us to plan for our future and save for what we think God wants
us to have. I admit it is a hard concept
to digest…for it usually means waiting longer that our human hearts want to
wait.
The upside to saving and waiting is that we spend a little
more time asking God for his directions.
We spend a little more time in prayer asking God if what we want…is really
what we need at that time. We spend a little less time worrying about job
security or layoffs…cause we haven’t stretched ourselves to the limits of our
check each month. And ….we have an emergency stash in savings that comes in
handy when those unpredictable things happen to increase our bills.
Father…thank you for the reminder that I need to include you
in every purchase…great or small. Forgive me for the times I bought what I
thought I needed without asking you.
Help me to stop and pray and seek your counsel when I feel the desire to
buy….and save of my income each month instead of seeking credit. Amen.
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