Title: Wise Advice on Stewardship
Text: Proverbs 3:9-10
Date: October 6, 2024

Introduction: Money consumes us in our current culture. Our society is full of financial planners, bankers, stockholders, money managers, Venture capitalists, CPAs, lawyers, and all kinds of men and women who are constantly giving financial advice.

How would you like the free counsel of a man recognized the world over as one of the richest, most successful, and wisest men whoever lived? He led his country from third world status to being a leader in international commerce; he personally supervised one of the world’s foremost construction projects that involved over 153,000 laborers working over seven years and costing nearly $4 billion; he authored numerous books on subjects ranging from religion to science to philosophy; his intellect, personal wealth, and financial skills drew such world-wide attention that high ranking government officials traveled thousands of miles to seek his counsel in personal and international issues; and he had a personal income in excess of $300 million a year, almost $1 million a day.

The man is Solomon, King of Israel. Even though we can’t sit down with him one-on-one, we can benefit from his wisdom and counsel as he shares with us the secrets of financial success through one of his books, Proverbs.

The book of Proverbs is a collection of wisdom for everyday life. It covers almost every field of knowledge—science and psychology, marriage and morals, business and politics. Due to the fact that so much of life revolves around financial matters, we are not surprised to find him dealing with that subject again and again.

In our text for today, listen to his counsel on money management. “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your vats will brim over with the new wine” Proverbs 3:9-10

As far-fetched as it might seem, our finances generally mark the position of our spiritual pilgrimage. We are no further along in our walk with the Lord than the point in which we learn to trust Him with the tithe. Let’s consider the following outline on this subject.

I. The

Of Our Stewardship (Proverbs 3:9)

II. The

Of Our Stewardship (Proverbs 3:9)

III. The

Of Our Stewardship (Proverbs 3:10)

Larry Gipson
First Baptist Church Oneonta