Proverbs
10:15-16
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the
destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life:
the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Here I believe that the Lord is speaking about wealth and
earnings gained by hard work and prudent spending and saving. We see in the second verse that the labor of
the righteous tends to life. If we work
hard we will be satisfied no matter how much we make or don’t make. Our strength will be in the fact that we know
we worked unto the Lord and He will take care of us and our needs. If we find ourselves lacking due to laziness,
credit abuse, lack of employment from poor job performance, living beyond or
means etc., we will be destroying our lives.
Let us ask the Lord to search us out and show us how to be faithful,
generous and diligent. May He cleanse us
of the pursuit of ease and ignite within us a love to labor unto Him.
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