By Ron Thomas
Some will look at Proverbs 2 and see the exhortation and
admonition, interpreting it exclusively as a warning to males to stay away from
females not belonging to them. This certainly is a significant teaching of the
chapter, but not an exclusive one.
The Holy Spirit has more in mind that just that. The wisdom
that comes from God permeates all areas of life, both the sensual, emotional,
intellectual, and moral. The knowledge of God (2:5) is more that just a sensual
warning against stepping out on the wife of one's youth.
The effectiveness of the Word of God in a person's life is
that it educates and reshapes a person to be different than the world around
him (and her). It gives a moral and spiritual compass that surpasses anything
of this world and it moves the one who "abides in God" beyond this
life to the life He prepared for us after the sensual, physical life we live is
over.
As you look at the proverbs, be sure to remember the
exhortations from the Lord are more than warnings from delving into sensuality.
In them we have a peace of the Lord's mind.
- Ron Thomas preacher for the Sunrush Church of
Christ, Chillicothe, OH. He may be contacted through the congregation's
website. www.sunrushchurchofchrist.org
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