Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley. Today we will be going over Proverb 6. I will then go over verses 6-11. These verses are telling us that god does not want us to be lazy. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 states: "If you don't work, you don't eat." That is really pretty clear, and it is hard to misinterpret that. These verses go very well with the ending of James, Chapter 4. I will read verses 13-17 in their entirety. From these five verses I will go over three points I would like for everyone to ponder. 1. God wants us to have a vision. In Habbakuk 2: verses 2 & 3 it says: Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. God wants us to have a plan or vision for our lives. What James is telling us is that he wants us to seek God in prayer while making those plans. I will then go over Mathew 6: verses 25-33 telling us not to worry about what we should eat, or what we should wear. He tells us that if we seek him, that all of our needs will be met. 2. Our life is very brief. In Luke 12: verses 16-21 it tells us that we should never get so satisfied with our lives that we begin to coast and not feel the need to works (this passage of scripture goes hand in hand with verses 6-11 of Proverb 6. 3. There are two types of sin - sins of commission and sins of omission. The sins of commission are things that we actually do (some of which we should not do). Prior to doing something you can ask yourself if this thing that you are thinking about would be a good thing to do. If it seems like a "good" thing, then the chances are that it is a "God" thing and I suggest you follow through with it. If not, then you probably should not do it. The sins of omission are things that we very frequently overlook, or don't think about. These are things you could put in the category of "doing the right thing" (found in the movie Frozen 2). An example would be changing your plans and bringing a good friend to the airport - when you originally had other plans. If you choose NOT to help your friend out this might be considered a sin of omission. When confronted with these circumstances in life, simply ask yourself this question, "What would Jesus do?" If we ask ourself this question we will probably end up doing many more things not having to do with what is for our benefit, but what is of benefit for others.
