THE SIMPLE WAY

Proverbs 2:9-12 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. (10) When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; (11) Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: (12) To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

We are still expounding on what will our lives be like if we follow the advice given us in verses 1 through 4 of this second list of proverbs by King Solomon.

Counseling is a multi-million dollars industry. From the secular to the religious and passing through the esoteric, we find counselors of all types, kinds, colors and shapes. What does this tell us? It tells us that people are lost. It tells us that people have lost their compass. Worst of all, it also tells us that some people are profiteering from this state of affairs.

How did this situation occur? Did God put us here without a compass to find our way? Were we marooned on this planet, left to fend for ourselves doing the best we can? That would be terrible.

On the contrary, God has put all the parameters in place to show us the way to live successfully on earth. It is all written in His Book. The problem is that people have adulterated the book so it sounds confusing now, but really, it is simple. We have this promise that if we incline ourselves to the instruction book just like it says, neither veering to the right nor to the left, we will understand righteousness and judgment. It is told to us that then, wisdom (meaning to have respect for God and His ways) will enter our hearts, and knowledge (the knowledge of God) will be pleasant to us. If we live in such a way, we also have the promise that prudence will keep us, and that understand (of good and evil) will protect us. Then we will be delivered from those who would lead us astray from the godly heavenly path, those who make our lives miserable and cause us to need counseling.

Oh, that we would live in the simple ways of the Lord; that we would simply desire His Words and His ways. It will happen someday, I know it, when all things will be restored.