Bible Reading: Proverbs 10:12-32
Key Verse: Verse 22 - “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.”
Key Words: The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich
Oftentimes we interpret our key verse to mean that God is the one Who makes us rich, and that is certainly true. But the meaning of this verse is that when one is filled with the blessings of God, they are rich. (When I am benefited by God, I am rich – rich with family, friends, church, health, and many other blessings.) If I have these and more, I am rich.
The British ship Britannia was wrecked off the coast of Brazil. Stored in the hold were many kegs filled with Spanish old coins. The crew, hoping to save them, started to carry the barrels on deck. But the vessel was breaking up so fast that they had to abandon their efforts and race for the lifeboats. Just before the last lifeboat pushed off, a young midshipman was sent back to see if anyone had been left behind accidentally. To his surprise, a man sat on the deck with a hatchet by his side. He had broken open a few kegs of those gold coins and was heaping them up around himself.
"What are you doing?" shouted the sailor.
"Don't you know this ship is going to pieces?"
The man replied, "It may go down, but I've lived in poverty all my life, and I am determined to die rich."
This man, along with many others, needs to learn that “the measure of a man’s wealth is how much he’d be worth if he lost all his money” (John Henry Jowett).
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ If you lost all your money, how rich would you be?
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