Proverbs 27:24 (NASBStr)
For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
This proverbs is really in the context of Proverbs 27:23-27. Solomon is telling us to make sure we take care of our resources because it is those resources that will really care for us, because "riches are not forever." We tend to think, when we have money, stocks, bonds, regular paychecks, contracts and a great material outlook, that these things will sustain us. Solomon, in his day, had so much silver and gold and ivory that he would overlay the ivory with silver and than cover it with gold. It is said that silver in his day was as common as the rocks of the field (2 Chronicles 1:15 - The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamores in the lowland.) Yet, we don't have to go far in the story of Israel's history to see the foreign kings of the earth come and take captive note only the gold and silver, but the people themselves. It is so easy to rely on the weekly paycheck or the job and think we are set. Yet, when something happens and the job, money and insurance are suddenly gone, what do we have? God wants us to enjoy the gifts He gives us, but not put our trust in them. God wants us to praise Him for the material goods He bestows on us but not allow them to separate us from Him. God wants us to pray and walk in obedience and be in the place He can, in His grace, shower us with blessings but He wants us to never, ever put our trust in them and not Him.
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