The Proverbs Series: The Good Path
Walking the Wise Path to the Good Life
Dear #DailyFollower,
Introduction
I trust you had or are having a great start to the week.
It’s been a busy start, and there are so many reasons why I should take a break from writing to you today, but I choose to stay on course.
I do it because I believe God is doing a good work in you and me through our exploration of the wise path to the good life, and I won’t allow the weakness of my body to get in the way of this good work.
Once I have completed partnering with God to do my part in His good work, I will give the body the rest it is due.
Today, we will examine the last three verses of Proverbs 2, which provides a taste of the many contrasts we will encounter in the Book, building on the powers of discernment that wisdom provides to help us avoid the destructive influences of terrible people - strange women and men.
Let’s get into it!
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The Text
Proverbs 2:20-22, EXB
20 ·But wisdom will help you be good [or Stay on the path of good people] and ·do what is right [guard the road of the righteous].
21 Those who ·are honest [have integrity/virtue] will live in the land, and those who are ·innocent [blameless] will remain in it.
22 But the wicked will be ·removed [cut off] from the land, and the unfaithful will be ·thrown out of [uprooted from] it.
Some Thoughts
King Solomon shows us that wisdom doesn’t only save us from terrible influences that could take us down destructive paths; he says wisdom helps us to stay on the path of good people and do what is right.
Those who stay on the good path with good people doing good things are described as honest and blameless, and according to Solomon, there’s a reward for them: access to live the good life in God’s good land eternally [they will remain in it (God’s good land)].
Solomon contrasts the reward for the good people, saying the wicked who align with destructive influences will be cut off or uprooted from God’s good land. And it ends there, leaving us to choose based on the outcomes we desire for ourselves.
One Question To Ponder
With the outcomes, King Solomon spelt out, which path would you choose for yourself—to walk with the good people or with the unfaithful woman or man?
In his closing remarks, just before leaving the earth, Moses urged the children of Israel to choose life over death (Deuteronomy 30:19, AMPC). I encourage you to do the same.
God desires to work in and through us in so many other ways, but we must consistently choose life to see these things materialise.
Conclusion
Choosing life is walking with the wise, choosing the path of the good people, which guarantees access and continuous residency in God’s good land.
The ball is in our court. The outcomes we desire in life depend on the choices we make every day. It pays to choose life every day.
Let’s choose life!
Yours faithfully,
John, a #DailyFollower.
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