Posted on 02/13/2021 11:04:35 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury” (Proverbs 14:23).
“In all labour there is profit.” This is a general truth. You can work your fingers to the bone and still end up in the poor house, because in America they take a huge chunk of your wages in taxes. It seems like we all have a pocketbook with holes in it. It seems like no matter how much you make it doesn’t go far enough.
“. . . but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury,” or “scarcity.” In other words, “talk is cheap.” Talking about it isn’t going to earn you a living. “I can do this,” and “I can do that,” so do it! Don’t just talk about it. Get you a job and puck up your shovel and start digging. “In all labour there is profit.” Even if you don’t make a better-than-decent wage, you are still sweating out all those poisonous toxins, and you build up your muscles. Good health is certainly profitable.
“In all labour there is profit.” It may not always be material profit. What did God tell Adam? “And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return” (Genesis 3:17-19).
God said that so it is good for you to work. It puts you in the will of God.
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Amusing story by Bill O'Reilly. As a child his mother worked full time as a school teacher and the only way to grade papers at night, run a household and still fit in nutritious meals for her three sons was to make things like stew or various beef or chicken entrees she could freeze and then use for the coming weekdays.
Wisecracking Bill said: "Oh, what's this, another one of your made ahead dinners again?" She said:"Bill, you have a big mouth. If you ever find a way someday to make money from talking you will be a rich man."
He said he didn't realize what a saint she was until he grew up.
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