Each day I read a snipit from a Proverb.... usually just a verse or two. They are so often "zingers" . Today is like that again: Proverbs 14:15-16 Only simpletons believe everything they're told! The prudent carefully consider their steps. The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.
OT reading is from Judges in Chapter 13 &14, it begins the account of Samson. I found myself scratching my head on this one quite a bit. So much sinfulness but it is preceeded by words that indicate God was at work in it. Both when Samson is being a selfish jerk and demanding his parents get the pretty girl for him. "I want to marry her. Get her for me." (For real??? I don't think this kind of talk would motivate me to do anything my kid was asking!) And again when the Lord increased Samson's strength. "The spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of , killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle." Things that make me say hmmm. I do not believe that God causes us to sin, but rather that He is able to work His purposes in spite of our sinful choices. Samson is not a picture of an obedient child of God, but rather a selfish, greedy, sinful picture. In spite of this God worked His purposes. It is to our benefit to work in Concert with the Lord, following His commandments, but the truth is His Will shall be done one way or another.
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