Daily Challenges Archive
“In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.”
I hate snakes. I’ve been told some are actually good to have around. I don’t care, I still would rather they not exist. Let’s all agree they were banished to crawl on their belly in the dust by God. Solomon is not putting forth a great picture of ...
“Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.”
That is not me. Before you judge I know enough of you to know that it is not many of you as well. I confess that our society, as well as some great historic movies, have me wanting to be the warrior taking cities. The patient, self controlled role...
“Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.”
In college I was in ‘Inherit the Wind. which is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. The main theme was about freedom of thought and was intended to make the case against McCarthyism. The phrase Inherit only wind in this verse symbolize...
“The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless, but it is the ruin of those who do evil.”
In the past day I’ve been in conversation with two friends who are leaders in their industries and under attack for doing right. That’s correct, for doing the right thing. As I listen to what they did with an outside, neutral ear I’m a bit amazed ...
“Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.”
I have 5 men who speak boldly into my life. Most of the time I like it however every so often I’m not thrilled with what I hear. Those times change me and I walk away a little more like Christ. I have friends going through hard things. Divorce, ba...
“when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.”
This sounds like a Marvel or DC comics super hero. Maybe a Greek god. In reality Solomon is describing the creation at the hand of the one true God. I know I’ve referenced the lyrics to Nicole C. Mullins song “My Redeemer” before. This song reflec...
“When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.”
As some of you read this, I will be sitting in a memorial service for one of the most godly men I ever knew. This verse means that a righteous man goes with comfort and confidence into death. What a beautiful picture. That fits this man’s life. Th...
“So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.”
I just read this ‘above the fold’ headline in a national newspaper, “Atheist group isn’t ’safe’ due to massive Ten Commandments display splashed on jail’s wall.”. I think they are correct but not for the reason they claim. Solomon goes directly af...
“The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.”
In preparation for today’s devotional I read this in ‘Let God Be True’, “A godly man knows what to say, when to say it, and how to say it. He makes sure his words and speech are acceptable to others, and they love him for it.” I am sitting here mo...
“Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.”
Wisdom is speaking in this verse. In this chapter we learned that wisdom existed with God from before the world began. It was His wisdom that crafted all the plans we have seen and continue to see unfold throughout creation. In love God offers His...
“Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.”
This is the verse for the innocent victim. In this passage, among other things, Solomon is telling us not to assign motives to our neighbors requests regardless of the legitimacy of their request. We are seldom 100% accurate in judging our own mot...
“But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.”
This person is destitute of moral principles and “the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason.” The consequence or sin, adultery as well as all others, is ultimately death. It can be physical but it is always spiritual. Spiri...
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