Proverbs 11-5.9.22
Scripture
Proverbs 11:4 NLT
“Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.”
Observation-What does it say?
This is another set of proverbs that King Solomon shares with his readers comparing the godly and the wicked. King Solomon reminds his readers that God looks after the wise, that true wisdom comes from God, and those who seek it/Him will surely find it/Him. Those who choose to live wickedly and trust in their own wisdom are surely doomed to fail.
Understanding-What does it mean?
At the end of the day, God will hold us all accountable for our actions here on earth.
The verse I chose this morning really stuck out to me because it reminds me of one of Pastor Gary’s sermons he taught when I first attended DSC. In that sermon, Pastor Gary talked about God holding us all accountable for our actions here on earth. God will ask us what we did with our time, gifts, talents, and finances that He had blessed us with. How did we use it to further His Kingdom? Will God really care that we used it to buy that dream house, dream car, or even put our kids through that “fancy university”?! Or did we seek God and His wisdom wholeheartedly, asking Him how we could use those things He has blessed us with, to accomplish His mission? 🤔
Life Application
You can’t buy your way out of this one!
We have all heard that saying before. We usually hear it when the time comes for us to pay for our actions (usually from our own bad decisions we have made). We receive our punishment. And no matter how hard we plead and beg to get out of it, there is no escaping it...”rent is due”! But why go through with all that when you don’t have to?! King Solomon, considered to be one of the wisest kings of his time, a man who has seen it all and did it all, was granted his prayer from God, which was to be blessed with wisdom; true wisdom, wisdom from God. So why not take heed and advantage of what these Proverbs say? It’s not just any cheap advice you could get from a fortune cookie with lucky numbers at the end of it. It is godly advice. It comes from a man chosen by God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, that can be used to bring wisdom to those who choose to follow and adhere to it.
So the choice is up to us. Will we choose to be wise? Or is doom in our future from our foolish decisions? As for me, I choose to trust and follow God and receive His infinite wisdom.
-Moses Gaddi