Priorities

by Ben

I read Proverbs 2.

"Make Insight Your Priority"

One particular part of this passage stood out to me (verses 9-15):

"So now you can pick out what's true and fair,
find all the good trails!
Lady Wisdom will be your close friend,
and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion.
Good Sense will scout ahead for danger,
Insight will keep an eye out for you.
They'll keep you from making wrong turns,
or following the bad directions
Of those who are lost themselves
and can't tell a trail from a tumbleweed,
These losers who make a game of evil
and throw parties to celebrate perversity,
Traveling paths that go nowhere,
wandering in a maze of detours and dead ends."

First of all (the English major in me is dancing), what great imagery! But more to the point, who has not been in a situation where you knew there were half-truths or downright lies going on. Worse still, who hasn't been the one bringing to life such falsities. "making a game of evil" If only we would make Insight our priority, then Good Sense would scout ahead for danger and keep us from making wrong turns. Our individual growth depends upon good company. The old adage has come up a couple of times for me in the last few days: Garbage in, garbage out. What we surround ourselves with is what we end up living. That is key!

If we surround ourselves with God's Word (i.e. the path to right living), we are bound to stay on that path.