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(upbeat music) - Welcome to Daily Tribetime Devotions through the Book of
Proverbs. I am Pastor Tom Holliday, and we're walking through the Book of
Proverbs, a chapter a day, taking a look at a verse or so each day from that
chapter. And I'm hoping that you're enjoying reading the rest of the chapter
sometime during your personal devotional time during the day.

This is an incredible book, Proverbs, filled with wisdom for our daily lives.
And Proverbs chapter 11, which we're looking at today, I want to focus together on
verse 28. Proverbs 11, 28 says, "He who trusts in his riches will fail, "but the
righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

" The Bible does not say it's wrong to be rich. It doesn't say it's wrong to not
be rich for that matter. It does tell us that whether rich or poor, God wants us
to learn to be content.

The Bible tells us not to be lazy. The Bible tells us that we shouldn't refuse
to work. We should work with our hands in ways that make a difference in this
world.

The Bible tells us that most of us are going to go through tough times in our
lives, times when we have a lot and have a little financially. Paul went through
it, we read about it in the New Testament. And the Bible indicates that most of
us are going to go through times in our lives.

Our experience shows us that we go through those kinds of times in our lives
when it comes to finances. But what the Bible does say in the midst of the ups
and downs, in the midst of the rich or poor, in the midst of the deciding to
work, what the Bible does say is it's wrong to trust in our things. It's wrong
to rely on our riches.

Jesus said it this way in Matthew 6, 24. No one can serve two masters, for
either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold the one and
despise the other. You can't serve God and money.

I've got a choice to make. And it's a daily choice. It's not a one time in my
life choice.

I've got a daily choice to make. Either I'm going to put my trust in God, or I'm
going to put my trust in my own resources. And it's pretty easy to see what choice
you are making right now.

You look at your priorities. What are you thinking about most? You look at your
checkbook.

What are you spending most of your money on? You look at your thoughts. What do
you worry about the most?

What are you most anxious about? The wise use of money is one of the most talked
about subjects in the book of Proverbs. And this verse reminds us that the
beginning point of wise financial management is settling this issue of trust.

When we reach Proverbs chapter 13 in a few days, we're going to take a look at a
verse that tells us how to trust God in the way that we earn our money. But this
beginning point is to recognize, if I just trust in my riches, I'm going to fail.
If that's my only security in life, I'm not going to last.

Because life is a lot bigger than my riches. Life is a lot bigger than my
resources. It's going to last a lot longer than my resources.

And if you trust just in your resources, you're trusting in something that
eventually is going to fail you. God will never fail you. In this life, through
this life, and all the way into eternity.

So right now, let's trust him. God, right now, today, we refresh our trust in
you. And for me, it's a daily refreshing of trust.

It's not something I can just do once. I have to refresh my trust again and
again. And today, I refresh my trust in you.

I thank you for whatever resources you put into my life. And I pray for wisdom
to use them in a way that honors you. But God, I pray that I would not trust in
those resources.

You're the source. You're the one that I trust. You're the one that I count on.

And so in a new and a fresh way today, I recognize that my trust is in you. And
God, I say before you that I know I can trust you to take care of me. I can
trust you to meet my needs.

And I thank you. Thank you, Father, in your name. Amen.