Proverbs 2:9--study among sisters in Christ

8/21/08
http://www.letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/proverbs.php?chapter=2


Consider a very small sample of the righteousness, judgment, and equity of the Bible. It protects mother and baby birds (Deut 22:6-7), teaches that all races have the same blood (Acts 17:26), provides for working oxen (Deut 25:4), puts the burden of marriage and family on the father (Eph 5:25-29; 6:4), provides for the poor (Lev 19:9-10), teaches that mercy is more important than sacrifice (Matt 12:7), allows one church member to bring any matter to the church (Matt 18:15-17), financially rewards virginity (Ex 22:17), requires churches to take care of widows (I Tim 5:3-16), and teaches that the true love of God can only be shown by loving others (I John 5:1-2). No other book compares!

Compare a small sample of the righteousness, judgment, and equity of the world. It kills over ten million unborn children annually by the most violent means imaginable and yet demands funds to protect animals and birds on seven continents! It prohibits corporal punishment of children but incarcerates the resulting criminals like animals in cages for years! It subsidizes debt and slothfulness and penalizes credit and diligence by income tax laws. It "protects and honors" women by advertising lascivious fashions, promoting casual sex, protecting pornography and prostitution, and allowing divorce for any cause.

But these three things are not all that is offered to the man seeking wisdom! The proverb also offers, "Every good path"! What is every good path? It is every other virtue and grace not in the list of three! Glory! Reader, is there a better sentence in any language? If every good path is offered, then the means for your perfection is being offered!

Righteousness, judgement, equity, and every good path. Is there anything left to be said? Why can the bible scream promises from every page, and yet we are conveniently deaf? In Proverbs 1 I was pretty sure I had a hearing problem, now I am certain that I do.

Dear heavenly Father, please heal my deaf ears. Please direct my eyes unto a path of righteousness. Please forgive me for choosing sin over You again and again. Please bless me with another day to do Your will. Please continue to give my sisters in Christ the time they need to spend with You each and every day. Amen