Proverbs 1:10-19 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them. If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul; let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood. How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds! These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves! Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
Cutting corners, taking short cuts, not reporting things that should be reported and more seems to be a trend these days in our society and sadly our economy is taking the full force of many peoples ill-gotten gain. Notice the verse says the their very lives will be taken away. Is this not what we are seeing happening today. Sadly the innocent are effected right alone with the guilty. That is the curse of sin because really none of us are innocent. We are all born with a sin problem. However maybe all is not lost maybe through this people will turn to God and put their faith and trust in one who is really in control and sees the end from the beginning. Psalm 27:13-14 says "I will see the Lord in the land of the living, wait for the Lord, be strong and let your heart take courage, wait for the Lord." May I today wait for the Lord and rely on His strength and may I look to Him to guide me.
Father guide my heart today and may I be found faithful in serving you and proclaiming you throughout this day.
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