PROFITING FROM PROVERBS

“He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame” (Proverbs 10:4-5 KJV).

We are to wake up to righteousness. There are a number of passages in the New Testament, a constant refrain to believers to “wake up!” Seeing as how it is repeated so often, there must be a whole lot of Christians “sleeping.”

“Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame” (I Corinthians 15:34 KJV).

He said, you’ve got people dying and going to hell all around you, and you are acting like you are living in the Millennium.

“Awake to righteousness,” quit your sinning, quit your fooling around, and get out there and win folks to Jesus Christ and do what you can while you still can. There are other passages which deal with this as well.

“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed” (Romans 13:11 KJV).

“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light” (Ephesians 5:14 KJV).

Paul is speaking to three different groups: The church at Corinth, the church at Rome, and the church at Ephesus: “Wake up!” We can assume, since Paul had to say this to so many of his churches, that most Christian people are asleep at the switch when it comes to doing the job and getting it done when they have the opportunity.

Opportunities pass us every day. We’ll never know until we get to eternity how many opportunities we had to witness, to pass out tracts, put out the Gospel, be a good influence, help somebody.

Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.

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