Pride, judgment, loans, integrity. Solomon addresses these and many more subjects in this chapter. They are meant to be slowly ingested. Don't read too quickly or you'll miss something important.
What seems especially profound to you today?
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This chapter comes across to me like the results of a social experiment or a candid camera show:
ReplyDelete"We took two people, one righteous and one wicked, and we stuck them into normal everyday situations...Let's see what happened!"
There is a constant contrast, and in the end, you would think all the evidence would convince us to pick the righteous life. But that doesn't take The Deceiver into account. You see him raise his ugly head in verse 7, which is the verse that stuck out to me:
"When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes.
ALL HE EXPECTED from his power comes to nothing."
Satan had sold this man an alternate future. He'd told him that personal power was the way to success and happiness. This is "all he expected" to come from his power, but his quest for power didn't produce the fruit he expected or desired.
So it begs the question in my life, "Matt, has Satan sold you on an alternate ending to something you know is wrong?"
He's the Father of Lies. You don't get that title without being good at it.
May the Spirit of God and the Word of God light my path and expose the lies I've swallowed.
24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more;
ReplyDeleteanother withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
25 A generous man will prosper;
he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
2: When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
ReplyDeletePride is such a hard sin. So many of us can have it and not be aware of it, have it and hold onto it with our dear lives. Letting go is such a hard thing, but it can be done. The pride is sickening. Live in humility, and learn. Live with pride, and be a fool.