Meditation
Good morning, Reader,
So far, this season has focused on grounding our attitude toward our legacy in Christ and establishing leaving an inheritance as an important catalyst for our spiritual growth.
A responsibility not to be discounted, but to be invested in.
This last week provides practical wisdom for giving :- to our children and to the causes we care about. Answering the question: How do we give well?
Our verses today contain a warning sandwiched between two bites of wisdom.
A good person leaves something for their children's children, not just their children. Legacy planning requires a generational mindset.
But an inheritance isn't just the transfer of assets. It's success is built on what you've built into the recipients. Wealth without wisdom tends to get lost within a generation or two, while wisdom tends to keep producing wealth on its own.
These notes of wisdom are paired with a warning: Jacob's obvious favoritism toward Joseph, marked publicly with an ornate robe, which does nothing but breed resentment among his other sons.
Are our choices forming our family for a future without us or fracturing it?
Today's verses are; Proverbs 13:22, Genesis 37:3–4, and Proverbs 16:16
A good person leaves an inheritance for their children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 13:22
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:3–4 — 3
16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!
Proverbs 16:16
Encouragement
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
James 1:5
Andy
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