Work for what lasts...not riches!

A great couple of verses to kick off our week!



Proverbs 23:4-5

4 Do not overwork to be rich;

Because of your own understanding, cease!

5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not?

For riches certainly make themselves wings;

They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.



This verse is pretty simple to understand. Riches are not to be our top priority. Now be sure to recognize that God did not say do not work, He is saying do not over work. What He means by that is when we are working to just gain more stuff we do not have a good understanding of what God wants our lives to be like. As He tells us in these verses our riches do not last for ever. So what does God desire us to do if it is not to gain riches? His Word tells us we are to win souls for an eternity in heaven which will last forever! That should be a top priority in our life! Next would be loving folks. Starting with your family and then others. Instead of working yourself to death spend some time with your spouse and kids, memories last for ever. They will remember times you spent with them way more than anything you ever bought them. In reality you can not buy love.



So on this Monday take a look at your life and see what you are working for....something that will last or something that will fade away!



Tom