Getting Set Up!!!

So I'm reading Proverbs 24 today and this one verse jumps off the page at me:

v. 14 "Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off."

Here's the deal: He's talking about wisdom & how important it is to have in your life. Of course this isn't new info for most of us... ( think "Best Question Ever" stuff...) but then he connects it to a benefit that will appear in our lives later if we do: Future Hope.

Basically what he's trying to say is: "If you put wisdom in play in the decisions you're making now, it will set you up for a Hope-Filled Future later. And that hope will never end!" (Echos of: What the Wise thing to do? huh?)

Wow, what a perspective. Here's why: It's so easy to think that the "seemingly small & insignificant decisions" we make on a daily basis only effect the here and now, but this verse challenges us to think more Long Term! What if the "small & insignificant decisions" we make today will effect our future in 20 or 30 or 40 years? What if our daily decisions have that much power?

Imagine the implications on our lives, if that's true. Never underestimate the power of a small decision made today in it's ability to "set you up" for the future!

Today Matters, Make every Decision Count, (That's easier said than done...)

Matt