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Weekly Bible Verse – Live a Productive Life
Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order that they may provide for daily necessities and not live unproductive lives. Titus 3:14 (NIV)
This is a pretty straightforward verse this week – but I feel that it helps to go back to the basics every now and again. Even in this simple verse, however, we do see a few different truths. The overall message is to “provide for your daily necessities” which is obviously of great importance (personally, I like to eat and I like to sleep in a house). This part of the verse is linked to two other parts that make this verse interesting to me.
The author links having your daily necessities with living productive lives. I guess you could interpret this a few different ways. The most simplistic would be to say that you are living a productive life if you provide for your daily necessities, but I don’t really think that’s what’s being said here (seems much too “small-time”). I believe that having your daily necessities provides a launching point to living really productive lives. If you have the basics taken care of each day, that removes a huge burden of daily worry. Getting all that worry and stress behind you allows you to really focus on being a productive member of society and doing a great job fulfilling all the many roles each of us has to fulfill (for me some of the roles are Christian, father, husband, son, brother, friend, employee, volunteer, etc).
I find it more intriguing and interesting how the author links “doing what is good” to providing for daily necessities. What exactly does that mean…well, I’m not 100% sure. Again, it could mean a number of different things. Maybe “doing what is good” is simply working hard at your job. Or, maybe it means focusing on the good things in life (from God’s perspective, of course) by working for God and relying on Him to provide your daily necessities. Those two interpretations are quite different….maybe this wasn’t such a simple, straightforward verse after all! There, now you have something (else) to ponder this week.
God bless and have a great week…
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“If you have the basics taken care of each day, that removes a huge burden of daily worry.” In matthew Jesus talks about worry, and says
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”
I understand what you are saying, but I hope people don’t use the excuse “I have to take care of my own issues first” before helping others. If we trust God 100% we won’t have to worry about the basics.
Thanks for the post, God bless!
@Stephanie – I absolutely agree – “If we trust God 100% we won’t have to worry about the basics” – thank you for clarifying the point I was trying to get across.
I think that this verse focuses on the importance of being productive in what ever you can, whether that is being a stay at home mom or dad, working or studying. It’s about using your time constructively for other people’s benefit as well as your own.
@Jonathan – Very well said!