RESOURCE—FULNESS | Making the most of God’s BlessingsProverbs 1:2-4Pastor Carl TotiAugust 20-21, 2022 MAIN IDEA | How do you make the most of God’s provision andblessing in your life? It’s not about your resources but yourresourcefulness that counts. Proverbs 1:2-4 (TEV)2 Here are proverbs that will help you recognize wisdom andgood advice and understand sayings with deep meaning. 3 Theycan teach you how to live intelligently and how to be honest, just,and fair. 4 They can make an inexperienced person clever andteach young people how to be resourceful.RESOURCEFULNESS Resourceful: the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcomedifficulties. 1. See Opportunity in Adversity Ephesians 5:16 (NLT2) 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 2. Little Becomes Much When God is In It Psalm 37:16 (NKJV) 16 A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches ofmany wicked. John 6:12 (ESV) 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples,“Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 3. Think Imaginatively Isaiah 54:2 (MSG) 2 “Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large.Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegsdeep.” Judges 5:24-26 (NLT) 24 Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber theKenite. May she be blessed above all women who live in tents. 25Sisera asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a bowl fit fornobles, she brought him yogurt. 26 Then with her left hand shereached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman’shammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head.With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples. 4. Keep it Simple Psalm 116:6 (AMP) 6 The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and Hehelped and saved me. “In critical and baffling situations, it is always best to recur to firstprinciples and simple action.” — Winston Churchill