Proverbs 10

Proverbs 10.   Something for everyone!

I hope you are reading along with me each complete chapter. As you have discovered I am able to dig just a couple God' golden nuggets of wisdom from each chapter. But there so many more just waiting for you to dig out for yourselves!

Chapter 10 is one of the chapters in Proverbs where Solomon is on a roll.  Like a humming bird flitting from flower to flower Solomon goes from topic to topic. I realize I cannot address them all, nor need I to, for he has laid them out for all who would gain wisdom to discover for themselves. But let's pull from this gold mine a few choice nuggets of truths and apply them today!

Verse 1-2.  “A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.”

“4 A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5 He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is  a son who brings shame.”

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to get the meaning in Solomon's words. I wonder if he is peeping into his son's room, watching him sleep.  He must have wondered, " Where did I go wrong? I tried to impart to him wisdom from both my successes and my failures, but he doesn't seem to be listening!  He stays up all night and sleeps all day. He is quite willing to be served by others, even believing it is owed to him!

He doesn't get it that it is God's command that "Six day shall you labor" and God has declared, "If a man will not work, neither shall he eat.  He that provides not for his own is worse than an infidel and has denied the faith!"

How did Solomon's son get that way? You must remember, his father was King, lived a life in front of him of unrestrained pleasure and took whatever or whoever he wanted.  His son never wanted for, or worked for anything, he did not have to, it was given to him!  Perhaps the old timers were right, "Hard work develops character!"

Don't seek the easy way! Don't wait for things to drop in your lap. The true joy of gardening is. Not the harvest, but rather looking back at the hard work, the sweat, the planning and then seeing something you labored in become fruitful and blessed! God has promised to bless whatever you put your hands to, so give Him something to bless! Work is good for us, so let's labor in His fields and give Him something to bless!

Rev. John Watford
Lead Pastor
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