Tiny Devotional for Saturday, 04-27-2024

 A great good morning to all my friends and neighbors in Internet Land! And to family who might drop by, whipped cream on your Cheerios (Tre says!).

A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,
The naive proceed and pay the penalty.
Proverbs 27:12, NASB

Note that the difference here is NOT what is seen; there's nothing that suggests that the naive person is blind to the danger. The difference is in how they react when danger is detected.

The prudent person does NOT attack the danger. That's because the task in life is not to drive all danger away; it's to go from Point A to Point B. Unfortunately in this case, the path from A to B has danger lurking about; think of it as an ambush. The wise person doesn't even risk a small amount of danger in combating a bad thing that can be detected; he removes himself from the sight of the lurking evil. Probably, it's implicit in his action of hiding himself that he finds another way to get to Point B. After all: that was the plan in the first place, and the plan isn't changed just because there is danger on the path.

If you have never been in the company of the naive, consider yourself fortunate. Somehow, they have an uncanny knack for triggering the worst consequences, and if you are a travel companion, whatever happens to them will happen to you as well. They get dumped into a volcano? You experience lava yourself, even though you didn't make the very last wrong decision. Your wrong decision was at the start, in joining up with a fool.

So, pay attention to the nature of your comrades, and act accordingly; depart from fools at the first opportunity.


Peace be on your household.

Comments

  1. Moose45RiderApril 27, 2024 at 10:18 AM

    What could possibly go wrong?

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  2. Jesus SavesApril 29, 2024 at 8:19 AM

    There's wisdom with that my Brother Pat, 'The prudent man does not attack the danger' It's always best to have the wisdom from Above. Praise God!

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