Values

Proverbs 28:6 (KJV) Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

We have a unique definition of poverty in our day and age.  The recent social unrest over the cutting off of EBT has really demonstrated how out of balance we are.  Numerous videos would comment on how people with gold nose rings and thousand dollar phones were complaining because they didn’t have money for food.  I guess one of the lessons is that poverty is a relative thing not absolute.

What the Bible is telling us is that while poverty is relative, uprightness is absolute.  It’s telling us that the goal we should be setting for ourselves as we come into a new year is to live upright lives, not to get rich.  The biblical standard is moderation, balance, and adequate resources to meet our needs.  If we go beyond that at the cost of living moral lives, it will damage us as well as those around us.

So?  Set your goal on the eternal values of life not on the transient ones.  When April gets here you’ll be glad you did.