Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up.There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
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… Nip it in the budget. Now, Proverbs 21, verse 20 says this. Stupid people, and that's none of you, stupid people spend their money as fast as they get it. Now, this is called impulse buying. When you see something, if you don't have a plan, you go into a grocery store, if I don't know what I'm going to get in that grocery store, I'm going to come out with eight things I didn't plan to get. Oh, that looks good. and especially if you're hungry, hmm, let's pull a few of those in there. That looks good. And then there's one word that makes impulse buying impossible to resist. It is the word, yeah, sale. You're a PhD in impulse buying. Say you knew that, okay? And everything in our society is designed to get you to do impulse buying, to not think about it, to spend emotionally, to not have a plan, to not have a budget. Now, when it comes to impulse buying, hell is Costco. …
… Here's the Proverbs that speaks to that. Proverbs 21 verse 20, Solomon said, there is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person swallows it up. The fool, Solomon says, is the person who spends every resource that he has, who lives from paycheck to paycheck. Only a fool would do that. the wise man doesn't consume everything he has. And by obeying this proverb, you're able to create what we called last time margin in your life. Financial margin is that difference between where you are and your boundaries. It's that buffer zone, that comfort zone in your finances that gives you freedom. Remember last time we talked about the three benefits of margin. Write them down again in case you forgot them. What are the benefits of obeying Proverbs 21, verse 20, and having this cushion between your spending and your income? First of all, margin, financial margin, offers us the freedom to do what we should do. Financial margin gives us the freedom to do what we should do. Remember the story I told about the woman whose father was dying from cancer in another state, and she wanted to go see him, but she couldn't afford the plane ticket and couldn't take two weeks off from work. And so she had a choice, either financial insolvency and go see her dad or a lifetime of regrets for not having seen him. …
Now, let's get started with today's message. Are you looking to find financial margin and peace in your life? Solomon suggests that one of the keys is to spend your way to wealth. People have always been fascinated by the subject of money, for good reason when you think about it. I mean, despite all the bad press that money gets from us preacher types, The fact is, money can do a lot of wonderful things for people when you think about it. Money can relieve stress. Money can provide independence. Money can help us fulfill our dreams in life. When you think about it, money can do a lot of the very same things that God promises to do for us, at least at first glance. And I think that explains why Jesus said in Matthew 6, verse 24, no man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will despise the one and hold on to the other. You cannot serve, you cannot worship God and money. …
… Proverbs 21, verse number 20. There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise. but a foolish man squanders it. But a foolish person spends it all at Trader Joe's, but a foolish man squanders it. There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise. You know what I'm saying? The cupboards are full. They're full, F-U-L-L, at the wise person's house. They have been saving and they have been storing and they have been building and they have been accumulating. so in the wise person's house, there is resource. In the foolish man's house, they have nothing because as much as they get, that's as much as they spend. I just wanna say to a few people here today, you don't have a money problem, you probably got a spending problem. It's me, hi. right? And so, and so the problem is we think the lie that if I get more money, all my problems will go away. No, no. Money is a revealer, not a healer. …