Are you working hard, or white-knuckling the outcome?

Monday’s proverb gave us diligent hands that produce wealth. Today’s gives us a blessing that comes with no sorrow attached. Solomon isn’t contradicting himself. Diligence is what a man does, but blessing is what only God can add. Learn how to hold both without being crushed by either.

Wisdom is never a formula we can run without God, which is why Proverbs begins with the fear of the Lord. Diligence without that fear becomes anxious striving. Diligence with it becomes faithful work resting in a bigger promise. The exhausting, joyless grasping of a man who believes everything depends on him doesn’t just wear out the body. It reveals a heart that has quietly stopped trusting God to add anything at all. A man who works hard and rests in God’s blessing carries a weight that doesn’t break him, but a man who works hard and trusts only himself eventually will.

Verse of the Day: Proverbs 10:22

Your Daily Man-Up Challenge: Look at whatever you’ve been striving over right now, whether it’s work, finances, or a relationship outcome. Do the diligent work in front of you today, then consciously hand the outcome to God instead of gripping it. Say it out loud if you need to: “Lord, this is yours to bless, not mine to force.”

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