Proverbs 15:16-17 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Golden words of wisdom indeed Friends! What’s better than revering and respecting the Lord eh? Nothing! Solomon’s simply saying that peace and quietness in a man’s soul with little material wealth, is much better than lots of material stuff with a vexed and troubled spirit. It points back to what his father, Bruh David says in Psalm 37:16. ‘A little that a righteous man hath is better the riches of many wicked.’ Meaning, spiritual riches are way better than material treasure. And have you ever noticed the anomaly of worldly possessions, whenever your material wealth increases, so do your problems: you have more to look after, more people ask more of you, and also more opportunity for theft and fraud. Hn! Only this afternoon I said that to the wife of my youth, referring to Oprah Winfrey. She’s so big now, and getting bigger daily, that it must be increasingly difficult to keep a proper eye on everything. Although you may have good people overseeing each entity, the wider you spread yourself, the greater opportunity there is for wrongdoing. And remember, regardless of who does the actual wrong, if your name is in the public’s eye, your reputation and integrity will eventually suffer. But that’s a personal choice everyone’s got to make. My personal dislike of great material wealth, is that you spend so much time overseeing, protecting or increasing it, that you don’t really enjoy the things it’s supposed to allow you to enjoy. I don’t have that much, but yet it’s difficult for me to find the time to read everything, or listen to all the music I get, because I’m too busy making a living. And it’s getting worse too, what with the sudden escalation of prices for the basics. It means spending more time, making more, just to stay in the same position. That’s exactly why Solo says it’s better to have a dinner of cheap herbs and vegetables, if there is LOVE at the table, than to kill the fatted calf, have the expensive, many course meal, where there’s only strife, no LOVE. Now people, please don’t get the idea it’s wrong to be rich and right to be poor, because that’s not true. Neither are all rich people evil, and all poor ones good. The problem is that focusing too much on the accumulation of material wealth, tends to turn us away from God. The green eyed monsters of greed and envy invade our souls and lead us to disobey God. Friends it is very possible to amass great material wealth being obedient to God’s principles. We have two of the best examples right here; Bruh David and his son Solomon. They didn’t seek material wealth as such, but had their hearts set on God. The Lord took Bruh David from being a lowly shepherd and made him a mighty King. When Solomon asked for wisdom, He not only made him the wisest man ever, but also the richest. Wow! But that’s the way our God works. If we sincerely seek and revere Him, follow His dictates of living in peace and harmony with each other, then He’ll give us the desires of our hearts, and much much more. As always my People, Much LOVE!…wherever peace and true love abound…there will the Lord’s favour…always be found…
Golden words of wisdom indeed Friends! What’s better than revering and respecting the Lord eh? Nothing! Solomon’s simply saying that peace and quietness in a man’s soul with little material wealth, is much better than lots of material stuff with a vexed and troubled spirit. It points back to what his father, Bruh David says in Psalm 37:16. ‘A little that a righteous man hath is better the riches of many wicked.’ Meaning, spiritual riches are way better than material treasure. And have you ever noticed the anomaly of worldly possessions, whenever your material wealth increases, so do your problems: you have more to look after, more people ask more of you, and also more opportunity for theft and fraud. Hn! Only this afternoon I said that to the wife of my youth, referring to Oprah Winfrey. She’s so big now, and getting bigger daily, that it must be increasingly difficult to keep a proper eye on everything. Although you may have good people overseeing each entity, the wider you spread yourself, the greater opportunity there is for wrongdoing. And remember, regardless of who does the actual wrong, if your name is in the public’s eye, your reputation and integrity will eventually suffer. But that’s a personal choice everyone’s got to make. My personal dislike of great material wealth, is that you spend so much time overseeing, protecting or increasing it, that you don’t really enjoy the things it’s supposed to allow you to enjoy. I don’t have that much, but yet it’s difficult for me to find the time to read everything, or listen to all the music I get, because I’m too busy making a living. And it’s getting worse too, what with the sudden escalation of prices for the basics. It means spending more time, making more, just to stay in the same position. That’s exactly why Solo says it’s better to have a dinner of cheap herbs and vegetables, if there is LOVE at the table, than to kill the fatted calf, have the expensive, many course meal, where there’s only strife, no LOVE. Now people, please don’t get the idea it’s wrong to be rich and right to be poor, because that’s not true. Neither are all rich people evil, and all poor ones good. The problem is that focusing too much on the accumulation of material wealth, tends to turn us away from God. The green eyed monsters of greed and envy invade our souls and lead us to disobey God. Friends it is very possible to amass great material wealth being obedient to God’s principles. We have two of the best examples right here; Bruh David and his son Solomon. They didn’t seek material wealth as such, but had their hearts set on God. The Lord took Bruh David from being a lowly shepherd and made him a mighty King. When Solomon asked for wisdom, He not only made him the wisest man ever, but also the richest. Wow! But that’s the way our God works. If we sincerely seek and revere Him, follow His dictates of living in peace and harmony with each other, then He’ll give us the desires of our hearts, and much much more. As always my People, Much LOVE!…wherever peace and true love abound…there will the Lord’s favour…always be found…
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