“There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.” (Proverbs 16:25, NLT)
“It seemed like a good idea at the time.”
How many times have we heard (or even spoken) those words?
Maybe we didn’t know any better. Or, maybe we knew the risks of the short-cut we had chosen but, having done our own “risk analysis,” we proceeded anyway thinking that no one would notice — or care.
Proverbs tells us that some decisions — even apparent “sure-fire” decisions — lead to death. Death comes to childhood dreams because of adolescent indiscretions. Death overtakes the prospects of a bright career because of poor choices during the young worker’s “salad days.” One dies spiritually when he or she trades a season of prosperity for an eternity of poverty.
There, however, is wisdom on this path: Obedience to God’s word leads to life. – Luther
