(December 5, 2014)
There are
a lot of reminders about the importance of diligence in Proverbs, but I
find it very interesting that this section clarifies the purpose of that
temporal diligence. We are not to labor
to become rich – we are to labor to provide for ourselves and to be the kind of
people that labor. When we are idle, it
damages our spirits, but riches can be just as damaging. Along the way, it is our duty to develop our
characters into people who will labor – not for riches but for the benefits
that labor itself provides.
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