Gold Nugget
Verse 12: “The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.”
Commentary
As
a former project manager, one of my past projects was the demolition of a building
inside a major refinery in the US. The preparations and risk of
demolishing a building is pretty intense and involved. The preparations and
risk of demolishing a building inside a refinery only increases. There are so
many things to consider, but the greatest risk is the potential for people to
be in harms way of the demolition. We go through great extents to ensure nobody
is in or near it when we begin to knock it down. I think of that when reading
today’s “gold nugget”. “The
righteous God wisely considers the house of the
wicked, overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.” Oftentimes
people, businesses and even so called "ministries" and churches fall
in this category. Not all that claim to be good or even holy are actually of
God. We need to be very careful of our involvement of those that have
dishonored God. Should He decide to "overthrow" them as today's
scripture teaches, we don't want to be inside or even near the demolition when
He decides to take it down.
There comes a time when God has had enough of
people defying Him and neglecting His Word and truth. As we see in the New Testament,
Jesus decides that He will not suffer the wicked in His Father’s house any
longer and starts flipping tables! Although controlled and righteous anger, Jesus is intense in His judgment of the people’s neglect and rejection of the truth. I
wouldn’t want to be in the area when He cleans house, much less have a booth
set up in the courtyard. I would rather not be tied to or involved with those
that compromise His Word. We will all have to make this choices at one time or
another. You may be at that crossroad now. Consider carefully what you should
do. Are you being effective for the Kingdom where you are, or are you
dangerously close to a coming demolition?
Prayer
Lord, help me to know when my involvement with certain people
has moved from being constructive to just tying myself to those that have
defied you. Give me the courage and discernment to know when and what I should
do.” Amen
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