God's Wisdom on using our Substance.

Proverbs 3:5–10 KJV 1900

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: Fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, And with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

(Personal Charge, not just to the general population.)

I. First Principle of Wisdom: Reverence Honor

A missionary had been teaching tithing to his church. One morning a young Christian came to the missionary’s door with a fishing pole in one hand and a fish in the other hand. He said, “Here’s my tithe. “The missionary asked him where the rest of his fish were and the man replied, “Oh, they’re in the river, I just wanted to bring God His first.”

Definition of Honor: regard with great respect; high respect; great esteem.

Time

Talents

Treasure

A. thy substance

B. first fruits – first commandment God gave us is to be fruitful and multiply.

C. thine increase.

Deuteronomy 26:2 KJV 1900

2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Exodus 22:29 KJV 1900

29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

How do we honor:

- favorite restaurant

- favorite store

- favorite vehicle

- children

- wife

-family

Money needs to be working.

This society and culture that the book of Proverbs was written to was an agricultural society so the substance that the author is referring to is probably livestock, crops, land, house, children.

II. Second Principle of Wisdom: Reward

Proverbs 3:10 KJV 1900

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

A primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively): - accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) fully (-ly, -ly set, tale), [over-] flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a [hand-] full, + have wholly.

A. So much can’t store it.

Luke 12:14–21 KJV 1900

14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

“Give to the poor, to the church, to missions

B. the increase is so much that you don’t know what to do with it.

Proverbs 3:10 KJV 1900

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

(apple cider press)

“We are to be conduits not reservoirs.”

A primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literally and figuratively): -    X abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.