Posted on 10/02/2020 6:25:01 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path” (Proverbs 2:9 KJV).
TODAY’S VERSE:
“Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path” (Proverbs 2:9 KJV).
Notice in verse 5, when you do those things listed in verses 1-4, then verses 5, 6, 7, and 8 happens. Then also verse 9 happens. Not only will you get wisdom, sound wisdom; then you will understand righteousness.
The first thing you learned was to understand the “fear of the Lord,” things ‘not’ to do, that’s negative. Then, secondly, God will show you what you ought to do— ‘righteousness,’ that’s positive. He shows you what to avoid, and then He’ll give you wisdom on what to do.
There are people that have been saved over a decade and are just now figuring out what to do—some have been saved fifty years, and still haven’t a clue. The difference is in being in the Book since the day they were saved, or not. It isn’t how many times we have been through the Bible, but how many times that Bible has been through us. You learn first of all what not to do—don’t let your hair grow long—that was just the beginning. You learn where not to go to church, and then you learn gradually what to do, line upon line, precept upon precept.
Some preachers believe that it takes twenty years for a man to really preach a message, because it takes twenty years for God to make a man, and once that man is made—his messages are him. They are not something that he has borrowed from somebody else. There is nothing wrong with preaching another person’s material when you don’t have anything of your own. The Word of God is not bound, and chances are some messages are preached by many men over time.
Stick with the Book! Just stay with it, keep searching, keep crying after knowledge, keep seeking her as for silver, and you’ll find it.
“Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path,” equity is fairness. Equity is that balance. And balance is the secret to the Christian life. Everything must be balanced. Not going overboard to the right, not going overboard to the left, not studying too much, equity, fairness, right division of time. Where you do it because the Lord wants you to do it, and you are following the leadership of the Holy Spirit. You know when He wants you to pray, you know when He wants you to study your Bible, and you get that balance. “equity; yea, every good path.”
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