Proverbs 21:5 (NLT) Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
In our culture, diligence is out. Blatant self-promotion, even looking silly, is in. Looking for the shortcuts has become the grist of reality TV and a way of American life. Planning has become confused with scheming, alliances, lying, quick decisions, "winning" at all costs.
Shortcuts in life and in business are doomed to certain poverty. An attitude of stewardship drives “good” planning - not hasty responding. God's people are instructed over and over again to seek the counsel of other Godly people when making plans. Learning to ask others for advice is a process of humility - asking admits that I don't have all the answers."
Prosperity and planning: On whom do you depend when planning? What defines your prosperity?
Copyright © 2006 by P. Griffith Lindell
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