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RUSSELL SANDERS
1-27-2022
PROVERBS 28:6
HOUSE OF GOLD
Proverbs 28:6 says, “Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”
God does not care how rich you may be in the wealth or the goods of this world, nor what your comfort level may be. He looks at your heart of righteousness. As a believer on Jesus, you are clothed in His righteousness. He knows your heart, your motives, and everything that “moves” you. We often look only on the “outside,” the externals that we can hear and see.
The famous country singer of the 50’s and early 60’s Hank Williams, looked very worldly on the outside. He loved the gospel but couldn’t seem to live it very well.
He wrote and recorded close to a hundred gospel songs, most of which were never released. But there is one song he wrote that was not only popular, but it addressed the very issue of Proverbs 28:6. Here are the words of his song, “House of Gold.”
Some people steal, they cheat, and lie
For wealth and all that it will buy.
But don’t they know on the judgment day
Their gold and silver will melt away
I’d rather be in a deep dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
Deny my God, and lose my soul.
What good is gold, and silver too
If your heart’s not good and true
Oh, sinner hear me when I say
Fall down upon your knees and pray
No truer country gospel song was every written than “House of Gold” from the heart of Hank Williams.
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