"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell."
Proverbs 9:17-18
Thinking about this one, I feel like this is describing something that happens to us when we stray from God's path and commit sin. In a way, we are attempting to create our own alternate reality where what we are doing is totally okay, and pretending that sin can bring happiness... and it seems to work, temporarily. Unfortunately, faith in a lie is doomed to fail, and at some point we find out that it is empty... like a graveyard, and we discover that our suffering is something that we have brought on ourselves.
Today, let's recognize that God is the center of reality, and that his law is designed to help us avoid the pain of self-deception and self-sabotage. He give us guidelines that will help us live more happily as we follow them. Not pain free, because pains and trials are part of the educational process, but more happily than if we try to go off on our own, which always ends up intersecting with Satan's traps.
No comments:
Post a Comment