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Labour not to be rich….This is so counter-cultural.
My this is totally contrary to what the rest of the world teaches. Proverbs 23:4 says, “Labour not to be rich:…” , but everything I have been instructed from traditional education to everyday worldly knowledge says the complete opposite, or it is implied that we must work our hardest to become rich. This will give you all the opportunities to have what rich people have. Big houses, big cars, fancy vacations, etc.
I like the way the English Standard Version (ESV) reads,“Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist [abstain].”
The word toil, makes it plain for me, because it means to strive, and it gives me a sense of a frustrating work that is done. Now I don’t believe that what this passage is teaching is not to work hard, or that all work should be peaceful, but I think the later part of the phrase is where we are to bring caution. The motive of our labour, work, or toiling is not to be an end goal of wealth, but we are to work with a larger purpose. Now don’t be shocked when working in your purpose brings you wealth, but on the other hand don’t be upset if it doesn’t afford you the opportunity to have the latest car and biggest house in your family. What God has for you…………..
Is for you.
Be wise.
A Proverb a Day: Proverbs 28:27 How to go through life without lack.
Posted by Lance Lawshe in Bible, Education, Inspirational, Money, Work on November 28, 2010
Most people I know have a desire to have everything, and not to lack a thing. Life’s pursuit of happiness is woven in the lives of Americans across the country. We go to work to earn enough to take care of our families with little thought of anyone else. I don’t think it’s on purpose, but the poor get ignored primarily out of the indifference of we people who have. The have-not’s get ignored. We’re to worried about paying our bills, making sure our cars are paid for, and our homes have heat, to worry about our neighbor in destitute states.
Since we’ve been taught so much by the American culture that we need to strap up our boots, and get to work to earn a living to take care of our families, that is what we have done. It’s not a bad lesson to learn, but I would say it is incomplete. Along with learning the necessity of work and responsibility we should have been taught the necessity of giving.
Proverbs 28:27 completes our lesson for a successful life. A life without lack. “He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.” KJV This is a lesson that every person needs to learn and practice. This is the way to go through life without lacking anything. Give to the poor and don’t close your eyes to poverty.
Be wise.
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