Below are my thoughts from the daily
Bible reading of the West Side Church of Christ. Before reading I invite you to
pray and asked God to speak to you as you read his word. Also above in the tabs
is a link to the Bible reading plan.
As we venture through the Psalms and
Proverbs portion of our reading it will take on more of a devotional thought
and less of the passage teaching of the New Testament study.
I love contrast. Sometimes we can only
see the full beauty and complexity of something when it is contrasted against
something else. The writer of Proverbs does that today with righteousness and wickedness.
He describes wickedness as darkness.
Have you have ever been in complete darkness? That is a hard thing to come by.
When I was in high school my youth group went to Summer in the Son at Kentucky
Christian University. One day during our free time we went caving in nearby
caverns. We found a spot where we could turn off the flash lights and spend
some time worshiping in the dark. It was an awesome experience, but a little
unsettling as well. It was completely dark and the darkest environment I have
ever encountered. It was a fun experience, but not one I would want to live in
for any amount of time. This darkens though is what the writer says wickedness
is consumed with.
On the other side he compares righteousness
to light … “The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining
ever brighter till the full light of day.” Proverbs 4:18 NIV. Have you ever
watched the sun rise? My favorite place to do it is at the beach. I love to go
out before the sun even thinks of rising. It is fun to watch the day get progressively
brighter. What an awesome picture of righteousness the author paints for us.
And as a side note, what is light supposed to do? Illuminate the darkness. That
means, as people striving for righteousness, it should be our desire to remove
as much wickedness from our world as we can.
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