I wasn't wanting to go this long between Lessons but I believe the Lord has a reason and a purpose for what happens and when. It's been longer than anticipated but during that time I have been watching and keeping up with Hurricane Florence, one of my children has been sick and I've been waiting for results. God has answered many prayers but this blog post isn't about prayer or my personal health it's about that wonderful contrasting conjunction, BUT.
Proverbs 14:2 "He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him."
Do you walk in righteousness or do you despise the things that God would have you do? As you grow in the Lord are you looking for knowledge and wanting to glean what you can from the Bible and God's man. Or do you despise the way you were taught, raised, or trained.
Proverbs 28:6 "Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich."
vr 18 "Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once."
righteous - means, "observing divine laws, keeping the commands of God; a way of thinking, feeling and acting that is conformed to the will of God."
perverse - Contrary to what is right or good; wicked or depraved: a perverse world of sinners
Upon looking at these two definitions and reading the scripture - we should want to be righteous and not perverse. We should want to obey and keep Gods commands, but because we are human we have a tendency to not want to do what is right. As we continue to study this chapter, we need to keep in mind that studying Gods word helps us in so many areas.
So as you go through this week before you make a decision ask yourself: Is this in keeping what God wants? Or am I doing what I want and being contrary to God's word? Remember that contrasting conjunction, BUT, it can mean the difference between right and wrong.
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