Proverbs 4:10 Listen, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. 11 I have instructed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths. 12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; And if you run, you will not stumble. 13 Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life.
How many times has good advice been ignored in your life, and what was
the outcome? Sometimes, a single bad decision has tragic consequences.
Sometimes, it is a matter of life or death. As of 2023, every day,
37 people in the United States die in car crashes with an alcohol-impaired
driver. This is one death every 39 minutes. Each of these deaths has a lifelong impact on many lives
that could have been prevented by following the simple advice, “Don’t drink and
drive”. Some drunken drivers perish by their own hand, as well as taking the
lives of innocent people. DUI drivers who caused a fatality and survive must
live with the guilt of what they have done and the legal consequences for their
actions. Solomon instructed his son to “take hold of instruction and not let
go.” In other words, hold onto it for dear life because it can be a matter of
life and death. Moses gave the children of Israel the same admonition prior to
their entering the promised land, “Set your hearts unto all the words which
I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe
to do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you;
because it is your life” (Deuteronomy 32:46,47).
The Holy
Scriptures are God’s instruction book to his children to show us the way we are
to go, and the paths to avoid. Let all who name the name of Christ as Savior
take heed to follow this “way of wisdom” so that we do have to live with many
regrets and sorrows.
God bless,
Pastor Tom
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