Proverbs 27

Happy Thanksgiving!  We’re having the family at our house this year.  Tab is busy in the kitchen and I’m attempting to fry a turkey in a few hours.  Should be interesting.  No matter how it turns out, we have so much to thank God for.  Family, food, football and forgiveness is a good place to start.  What a great day!  Definitely one of my favorite holidays.  I hope you’ll take some time today to remind your family of God’s blessings.  “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.  His love endures forever” Psalms 136:1.

If you find yourself boasting about anything but the Lord, stop!  Boasting about tomorrow (v.1) or self (v.2, 21) is a dead end road.  

Rebuking a friend is hard.  It takes courage because we don’t know how they will react.  But if we are a true friend and we care about their maturity in Christ, we will take the chance (v.5,6,9).

How appropriate for Thanksgiving Day (v.7).  Physical hunger and spiritual hunger go hand in hand.  When we eat more than we can burn through our physical activities, our food gets stored as fat.  In other words, the food is unused and we become overweight.  If we lack a spiritual hunger for God, it may be that we have heard too many sermons without putting them into practice.

Verse 18 is a great verse about faithfulness.  If we will simply care for the things and people God has entrusted to us, we will be blessed by them.  God blesses faithfulness and loyalty.

Do you know how much you own, owe, and make?  Verses 23-27 make a great argument for living on a budget and having financial goals.  This is especially true in this economy and this time of year when we are tempted to buy more than we can afford.