Proverbs - Prepare BEFORE

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field;

and afterwards build thine house.

The Lord is telling us that a source of income is of higher priority than what we can buy with that income.  Most people like what money can buy but not the work to make the money to spend.  This is a twisted and confused way to conduct our lives.  Credit works like this.  It promises us the ability to purchase something before we prepare the fields. Credit promises us comforts before we actually have the buying power to get them.  We must first get our fields ready and then consider our living quarters.  Work is a better pursuit than comfort and diligence than quick fun.  What a contrast to our society that is leaving families without houses because they are tying to create their own kingdom immediately without first stabilizing their income and work history.  There is nothing wrong with building our homes but there is an order to this.  We would be wise women to encourage our husbands in their jobs rather than focus on spending all that comes in.