This proverb is from a father to a son. It begins\u00a0My son, attend unto my wisdom,\u00a0and<\/i>\u00a0bow thine ear to my understanding.\u00a0<\/strong>And notice that rest of that verse we started with. The proverb states that he was almost in all evil\u00a0in the midst of the congregation and assembly<\/em>. Remember what\u00a0the Psalmist said (Psalm 1:5) The ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.<\/strong> This advice is for those\u00a0in\u00a0<\/em>the house; the church; the saved individual.<\/p>\n Why do we not listen? Why do we not heed the instruction and the reproof of those who have gone before us? Why do we forsake the wisdom and understanding of those who have it? Do we have to go into error to learn the truth? Do we have to step into folly in order learn our lesson? We jokingly speak of the\u00a0school of hard knocks<\/em>. But I wonder if we truly realize how hard we got knocked.<\/p>\n As this journey goes on, I’m starting to see more and more that all the saints of God seem to get knocked down, but some never get back up. The bible says\u00a0(Proverbs 24:16) For a just\u00a0man<\/i>\u00a0falleth seven times, and riseth up again:<\/strong>\u00a0Possibilities don’t always come to fruition. They don’t always get back up. People do fail. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak. David states the ideal circumstances (Psalm 1:2,3)\u00a0But his delight\u00a0is<\/i>\u00a0in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.\u00a0And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.<\/strong> Sound goods. I like that prosper<\/em> part!\u00a0But perhaps there’s more to the story.<\/p>\n David delights in the law of God, as we should. But Paul states the reality of the matter. (Roman 7:22,23)\u00a0For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:\u00a0But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.<\/strong> Maybe that is why Paul was such a good teacher. He knew the dangers of the flesh. It’s very easy to stray from the good teaching of the church, the bible, and the man of God. It’s very easy to be deceived into thinking that you know more than you truly know.<\/p>\n Reproof? Instruction? If I’ve learned anything my years of existence, it’s this: People just don’t like being told what to do. People just can’t stand it. They always always always always always buck! In fact, it’s usually the opposite, where everybody wants to be the teacher. People just want to be the one<\/em> to teach you a lesson; to tell you something that you don’t know. Paul, instead admonished us (1 Thessalonians 4:11)\u00a0And that ye study to be quiet..<\/strong><\/p>\n Paul said (Romans 12:3)\u00a0For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think\u00a0of himself<\/i>\u00a0more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.\u00a0<\/strong>Paul’s qualifications and credentials were God’s grace. It was through God’s grace that Paul could say these things to us. Paul had been through some things. Labours. Stripes. Prisons. Deaths. Stripes. Rods. Stones. Shipwreck. The deep. Journeyings. Waters. Robbers. Weariness. Painfulness. Hunger. Thirst. Fastings. Cold. Nakedness. Paul had known\u00a0the amazing grace of God. And through all that he warns us to not think ourselves more highly that we ought. I think Paul was saying\u00a0I’ve needed alot of grace, and you’re going to need it too.<\/em> There are some people that just plain know what they’re talking about and it would behoove us to heed their warnings. Like the old song says:<\/p>\n Drifting too far from shore,<\/em> (1 Corinthians 10:12)\u00a0Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.\u00a0<\/strong>The proverb says\u00a0I was almost in all evil…<\/strong> You don’t know how far you’ve strayed until you turn back around and see just how far you’ve drifted. The Psalmist said (Psalm 73:2) But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.\u00a0<\/strong>Repentance is honesty; honestly with God; honesty that you’ve not obeyed the voice of your teachers, nor inclined your ear to them that have instructed. I was\u00a0almost<\/em> in all evil. My feet were\u00a0almost gone.\u00a0<\/em>It’s not too late. You think you can do it on your own; without the church; without the man of God; without the instructors or teachers that God has given you. You’re wrong and you know it. 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\nYou’re drifting too far from shore,<\/em>
\nCome to Jesus today,<\/em>
\nLet Him show you the way<\/em>
\nYou’re drifting too far from shore,<\/em><\/p>\n