Proverbs 11:7
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
It is the fuel in the tank, the currency with which we purchase our tomorrows. Whether you are a pagan or a saint, you get out of bed in the morning because you are expecting something. You are anticipating a future, and you are banking on a particular outcome. The modern secular man, for all his sophisticated cynicism, is a creature of immense and often unexamined faith. He hopes in his 401(k), he hopes in the next election, he hopes in his diet plan, he hopes in his children's soccer prospects, and he hopes that the latest blockbuster will be as good as the trailer. His entire world is a vast, intricate network of hopes. But it is a network built on a foundation of sand. It is a portfolio of assets that have no ultimate value. The book of Proverbs, in its bracing and unsentimental way, is a book of spiritual accounting.