In the book of Proverbs Solomon said, “the hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them”, and in chapter twenty and verse thirteen of Proverbs Solomon said, “love not sleep, lest you come to poverty” where we read,
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
The verse begins, “Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;” Solomon began with the words, “love not sleep” or “do not have affection for sleeping”, “lest you come to poverty” which means “unless you, the person who loves sleeping, seize, take possession and inherit impoverishment, need, want, destruction and ruin”. Solomon instructed his listeners and readers not to be fondly affectionate toward “sleeping”, otherwise it will lead them to impoverishment and ruin.
The verse goes on to say, “open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.” Solomon continued with the words, “open your eyes” or “be observant with your, the people reading and listening to Solomon's words', physical eyes for vision and seeing”, “and you shall be satisfied with bread” which means “and you, the people reading and listening to Solomon's words, will exist as sated, fulfilled, surfeited, enriched and glutted by the means of food, grain, corn or wheat”. Solomon told his readers and listeners to be observant with their physical “eyes”, and they would be sated and fulfill with food and grain.
When we meditate upon the words in this verse, we learn through Solomon that we should not fall in “love” with sleeping all the time because “poverty” awaits us if we do, and we are to be observant with our “eyes” because we shall be fulfilled and enriched with food as we are. God loves us, and He gives us the ability to be awake and observant so we can have provision in our lives. In other words, God supplies, and we are to partake of it. The same is true for the salvation God offers to us through His Son Jesus who died on the cross for our sins. When we believe and trust in Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and keep us alert and observant to receive the blessings He has in store for us when we receive.
Next time Solomon says, “it is naught, it is naught, says the buyer”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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