Hello, my friends. Welcome back. It is time for you and for me to get our minds aligned

with the truth of God. By our practice here in the morning mindset, looking at the scriptures

and drawing out principles for us to focus on for this day. And did you know there is

a companion journal for these morning mindset episodes. You can find a link to it in the

description for this episode. So where you can write down your thoughts, you can meditate

and ponder the truths that you're hearing every day on the morning mindset. All right,

let's move into our study. We're going to be looking at how to get ahead in this world.

Meaning, what does God say about a wise way to live? And he's going to do it today through

three sections of scripture in Proverbs chapter 21, where he's contrasting one behavior

with another. Let's look at Proverbs 21 verse five. It says the plans of the diligent lead

surely to abundance. But everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. So here we have two

people. He's contrasting the diligent, which is people who are careful to do their work

and to do it well. They do it on time. They get going ahead of time. They're prepared.

And then the other is the hasty, the person who just is kind of, you know, on the last

moment, the spur of the moment, deciding to do a certain thing. He's saying the diligent

is has behavior ingrained into their lives. It's going to lead to abundance. But everyone

who's hasty only comes to poverty. You see, friends, there is benefit in planning.

There's benefit in looking ahead and being ready for the responsibilities and circumstances

of your day. Proverbs 21 20 says, precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling.

But a foolish man devours it. So here we have a contrast between a person who has worked

and has saved and has built up reserves for themselves and for their family and for those

guests who they might invite in. But then it's contrasted with this foolish person who

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