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Proverbs!

Proverbs 31:1-9 NLT

The sayings of King Lemuel contain this message, which his mother taught him.

O my son, 

O son of my womb, 

O son of my vows, 

do not waste your strength on women, 

on those who ruin kings.

It is not for kings, 

O Lemuel, 

to guzzle wine. 

Rulers should not crave alcohol.

For if they drink, 

they may forget the law and not give justice to the oppressed.

Alcohol is for the dying, and wine for those in bitter distress.

Let them drink to forget their poverty and remember their troubles no more. 

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; 

ensure justice for those being crushed.

Yes, 

speak up for the poor and helpless, 

and see that they get justice. 

Proverbs 31:1-9 NLT

What does King Lemuel's Mum have to say?

1. Where you have power, use it to benefit those who have less. 

2. Don't get caught up in what your culture, your world is trying to tell you to spend your life in or doing. It's a countefeit for what's really important.

3. There is unjustice. And you are called to stand against it.

Speak for those who cannot speak.

To see those crushed, and to act to end the systems that cause the crushing.

To work towards justice.

Perhaps today you are among the crushed, the poor, in need of justice. I hope that you can hear our God's heart for you in what Lemuels Mum had to say.

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