Proverbs 21:20 The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get.
My Thoughts
I feel like this verse is telling us we will have extras and we will have money we need if we are wise with the money we are given. So many times we want to spend what we have, today we can even spend more than we have. We spend it to feel good for the moment. Often we spend it on something we sort of want because we at the moment we don't have enought money for somethign we really want. Then something comes along that we need... or we get an unexpected bill in the mail and we don't have the money for something that is necessary. The Bible tells us that if we are wise with the money God has given us we will have money for our needs and we will even have money for some of the luxuries of life. Here in Proverbs we are given instruction to be wise with our money. We honor God by treating what he has given us with respect, treating it like it is special, treating it like a treasured gift. We we blow our money in careless ways it is like throwing a gift that God gave us in the trash. As long as we treat our money carelessly God can not entrust us with more.
It is like giving a child a bicycle...if they leave the bicycle out in the rain... if they leave that bicycle near the street to get stolen ... if they give the bicycle away because they didn't much like the color. They have not taken care of what they have been given, so they don't get another one. But if they cherish their bicycle and take good care of it...when they outgrow it they can have another one...then they can take the older one and sell it... then instead of having nothing at all they have a new bicycle and money in their hand.
It is important to God that we take care of our money, he took the time to make sure it was written in his word. In return for God's gift to us we should respect God enough and our gift enough that it would make God want to shower us with more.
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