Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce; so your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Message: Honoring God with Your Wealth
Time: It seems that Proverbs was written and then compiled sometime between
the tenth and sixth centuries B.C. Proverbs was probably written during
the reign of Solomon, 971-931 B.C.
What the Lord is Saying:
This makes me think of people that need money, that I talk to through the online ministry. People are always asking for a huge windfall of money. Are they honoring God with their wealth? Are they buying things that honor him? Are they giving? It reminds me that giving is a priority. We haven't been giving correctly and we need to change that. I am pledging to get that started right at the beginning of the year. We need to get to 10% because we aren't there right now. And we need to save more properly as well. We are giving a lot of our savings right now to the kids, for college. It is hard, but that is where it is going.
There is a promise here, as there is in other verses in Proverbs. In 3:5-6, he will make our paths straight when we trust in the Lord and lean not on our own understanding. In 3:7-8, there will be refreshment to our body when we are not wise in our own eyes, not thinking that we know it all, turning away from evil. And now in 3:9-10, we will have a lot when we are giving properly. We will not have this quest of want. I need to share these verses with the kids. They are promises from the Lord. The first 10 verses have a command and a promise once that command is followed. This is great and I need to share it.
Promise:
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