Proverbs 1:15 (NASBStr)
My son, do not walk in the way with them.
Keep your feet from their path,
When we travel down the expressway on the way to work we often see new signs warning us where we should be careful and telling us to avoid certain places. They are currently working on the off-ramp of a busy road nearby and they have actually barricaded the ramp to tell us to NOT go down that way. Imagine if, while driving near that ramp, someone just drove right through the barricade. People would stop, shake their head and say, "What a fool." Police would be dispatched to arrest the driver and the ambulance would roll out to make sure nothing was physically wrong. We simply are not supposed to go through road blocks. Yet, spiritually, God is warning us in the above proverb to not go down the path of those who have violence, greed and selfish motives on their path. This proverb is our barricade. Just as God put an angel with a flaming sword to protect the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve were turned out (Gen. 3:24), so too, He gives us the Sword of the Spirit to warn us to avoid the wrong path in life. Yet, despite this warning, men and women every day go down that path. They follow those given to violence, greed and selfish motives. God is warning us. His Word is full of barricades. Yet, we drive right through them to get that thing others have or delights our eyes. DON'T GO DOWN THIS PATH shines like a neon light before us. Do we actually stop to see the sign or do we just keep on driving right through the barricade?
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