$33 Million Man

Proverbs 3:5-10

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In my office at work there is a picture of the 1968 Detroit Tigers who won the World Series that year. Players on that team included:

·         Denny McLain, the last Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher to win 30 games in a season.

·        Mickey Lolich who won 3 of the 4 World Series games for the Tigers.

     Willie Horton, a power hitter who was the home town hero.

 

Gates Brown, the best pinch hitter in the game. Future Hall of Famers - Eddie Mathews and Al Kaline.

Despite each one of these players being stars, none of them, nor any of their teammates, made as much as $100,000 that year.

 

In 2017, according to the USA Today, the average annual salary for a MLB player is $4.47 million. At the top of the list is Clayton Kershaw, star pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who will make $33 million this year in salary alone.

 

Very few people have the level of wealth that Clayton Kershaw has, or for that matter, what the average MLB player makes. But that’s not the point. For us as believers and followers of Christ, the passage in Proverbs gives us direction on how to use our gifts of time, talent and treasure, no matter how much we have or what they are.

 

⁵ Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
    don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
⁶ Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere

    you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.      MSG

⁹ Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with the best part of everything you produce.  NLT

 

The wisdom of Proverbs is that no matter what amount of “wealth” you have, you are to use it for God’s purposes. You are to trust, listen and honor the Lord with all that you have, all that you do and all that you are.