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Daily Devotion: Proverbs 14:23

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Proverbs 14:23    "In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."

Have you ever heard the saying, "Talk is cheap"?  There are times when people "talk a good game," but their actions do not back up the talk.  Solomon certainly had a way with words and he did not mince them.  I never discount the fact that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, but as I go through Proverbs this particular time, it seems that Solomon experienced many of the things of which he wrote. It seems that maybe some of the people around him were guilty of talking the talk, but not walking the walk.  We all have good intentions at times, but the profit of those intentions comes through the action behind the words.  If you remember, our thoughts on this chapter began with verse 4, "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox." This particular chapter seems to be dealing with actions.  In the New Testament book of Titus, we are reminded of the work of Jesus Christ, "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works." My thought for myself today is that my words should back up my works and my works should back up my words. If I say that I love Jesus, then my words and my actions should show that in my life each day.

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