PROVERBS: LIVING BY RECKONING

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Proverbs 

a) Our Lord Jesus, from his youth, "kept increasing in wisdom and stature and favor with God and men" (Luke 2:52). Jesus set us an example to increase in wisdom. Certainly God has not left us short of wisdom for life. The book of Proverbs is rich in wise instruction. So are the other sacred writings, but we shall limit ourselves, in this lesson, to a few pertinent sayings in the book of Proverbs.

b) The principles here will not surprise you. They are common knowledge. What is surprising, is that few people choose to live by them!

2. Living By Reckoning

Proverbs 27:23-27  
"Know well the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds... And you'll have goat's milk enough for... sustenance." 

a) Be a caretaker and accountant of your blessings, and they will sustain you. Many people don't take stock, but just muddle through life. They have no records to judge the past, and no means of plotting their course. A little reckoning now and then will stop you having seven years of plenty and seven years of famine, so to speak. Many a crisis is avoided by taking stock and keeping track. This is as much true of moral and spiritual things as of material and physical. 

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