Proverbs 6:6-11 (Amplified bible)
6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise!
6:7 Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
6:8 Provides her food in the summer and gathers her supplies in the harvest.
6:9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down and sleep–
6:11 So will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless].
Proverbs 24:3-4.
24:3 Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],
24:4 And by knowledge shall its chambers [of every area] be filled with all precious and pleasant riches
How much you know determines your ability to make the right decisions about a subject matter. Based on this, Proverbs 1:29-31 says that those who despise or detest knowledge do so to their own peril, and Hosea 4:6 says:
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”
The wisdom you need in taking crucial decisions that will help you succeed in life is available to you in the written and spoken word of God. If you know more about God and His word, it will help you to make error-proof choices and decisions. God can choose to speak to you on the way to go through His words or through prophetic utterances of genuine men and women of God.
How much time do you set aside for studying the Bible?Some think it is a waste of time to undertake personal Bible studies at night while others are sleeping. This is not so; you are actually gaining time by doing this. When you give priority to God’s word, you will realize that you spend far less time and effort in reaching your goal compared to those who don’t. That is why God told Joshua not to allow the knowledge of His word elude him, therefore he should meditate on it day and night in other to obtain a good success (Joshua 1:8)
That means there is a good success that are achievable and there are factors that controls the decision-making process which ultimately determines the course of a person’s success life.
Every Christian needs to know that dependence on worldly knowledge can lead to failure, but godly knowledge guarantees success. Biblical knowledge is a combination of scientific, philosophical, psychological and spiritual knowledge, and it is superior to any other kind of knowledge. However, the knowledge of God’s word is not enough; doing what it says is much more important. James 1:25 says:
“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
Today’s Bible reading in Proverbs 6:6-11 establishes another principle of success that says there is wisdom in hard work and saving for the rainy day. Those who are lazy cannot amount to anything. Also, those who are hardworking but eat both their food and seed, especially when it matters to the things of the Lord like in giving to the church to propagate His words and in offerings, cannot walk in the realm of God’s covenant blessings.
You need to invest for the rainy day. Ants should not be wiser than men, but God in His wisdom directs us to them today to obtain knowledge and learn his cordinated efforts to be successful in achieving greater accomplishment in what they do
24:3 Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation], (Proverbs 24:3)
Proverbs 24:3; establishes the fact that you need skills in all your choosen career not just skill godly wisdom will also help you build not only in your business but in the running of your home affairs; good understanding of the task before you will give you a firm grip to build a solid foundation which will lead to success.
You can not achieve such good success alone without having good knowledge of what you are called to do and in tapping into the word of God to help you have a sustainable good success. May the Lord help us to be wise in Jesus Name🙏
Happy Reading wishing you Good Success in All Your Endeavours in this Season of good tidings of great joy. Cheers! ✍️ Blessing I N Onugha 💟