Daily Manna 12 January
KEY VERSE: “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold” (PROVERBS 22:1).
TEXT: Proverbs 22: 1-17 (KJV)
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common,
The Lord is the maker of them all.
3 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are punished.
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
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Today’s study is about good will, credit and reputation. King Solomon opined that godly values are better than riches and encouraged everyone to love virtue and flee folly. Words of men with good character will go farther than silver and gold (riches), but riches gotten through ungodly means has no eternal value and reward.
From Matthew 19:16-22, we could observe that the rich young ruler wanted eternal life but failed to align with Christ’s eternal plan for his salvation. The poor in the Spirit are those who recognise that they cannot pay for their salvation and plead for God’s mercy to be saved. However, those who are rich physically but fail to realise that they are poor spiritually will miss heaven.
The foundation of good riches is anchored on repentance from sin and faith in the atoning blood of Jesus and holiness. However, believers are also meant to be the head and not the tail. Hence, they need to be prudent and hardworking to put an end to the reign of poverty in their lives.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Godly values are better than riches.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 24-25
Thank you for studying today’s Daily Manna – A Good Name – by Pastor Enoch A.
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Daily Manna 12 January 2022
