Consumed WITH Stupidity
The brutish of Jeremiah's day… (Jeremiah 10)
We live in a snake bitten world. The venom sinks deep to the core of a person and begins to rotten and decay the value of a persons perceptions and perspectives. The bite is very deadly and extremely deceptive, because it doesn't immediately kill or give you any indication you've encountered a snake or it killer poison. It only takes one bite and your death is sure but you don't know it. The strike goes unnoticed and the rot and decay of the power of it poisoning is so slow you continue to live unaware of its bite. And the longer you live, without the antidote, though you're a dead man walking, with every new strike, that serpents venom becomes more and more noticeable. Too many live and die having never overcome the serpents strike.
One of the great values of Proverbs is how it helps us recognize and repel the snakes of this world that would love to sink their fangs into our lives. It warns us of what to look for, where they hang out, how they think, who they're looking for and how to spot them in life. My grand arrow, Holden, can't distinguish the difference in a rattlesnake or a rat snake or an earth worm. So, he'll need to be taught, guided and instructed by someone who can see and make a distinction in the difference between that which is deadly and harmless. Proverbs, like Holden's parents or grandparents, guide, teach, instruct and warn me of what is full of life and full of death. Don't be fooled by the vipers of this society, who are full of death, they'll poison you as sure as they are poison. And if God's wisdom isn't guiding you, that you can guide and warn others, you're already been bit |
