Proverbs 1:10-11 Are you robbing others?

 Good morning all brothers and sisters of the faith.  God is good all the time, all the time God is good. YES, YOU AND I ARE BLESSED!!  Yet, we need to walk humbly but boldly with the Word of God!!

   During the time this scripture of Proverbs was written it was actually easy in the Palestinian countryside for one to rob others, take their bounty and "enjoy" life.  There was no certainty in this area and (look at the scripture) Proverbs 1: 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, “Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  First, instruction from a father to a son--- my son-----what?  Do not be tempted and fall to the trap of the sinners, robbers, thieves.

  And then what?  They have created their own livelihood by robbing and sometimes killing innocent people just to take what does not belong to them.

   What do they do?  They "lie in wait"  or plan their next attack.  And "lurk privily" they are hidden, secluded, and unseen.  Why?  Because they plan to attack the innocent---notice this work "innocent", meaning they have done nothing to create this attack.  Without cause -- their is no reason for the attack except to rob, plunder, kill and destroy.  Whoa!  Do those words sound familiar?  Hmmmm!

  So, what are you saying here?  I pray and hope you can follow the thought process here.  We, Christians, have been given a "GIFT" from God; that gift is JESUS CHRIST and our SALVATION.

  Now, we are as robbers in the countryside if we steal or keep this gift from others.  If I, if you, don't share the gospel with others we are "robbing" them of a chance of salvation.  Can I, can you, save someone?  NO!  BUT, we can rob them of the chance of knowing Jesus and salvation.

   When GOD moves you to speak to someone, stop and assist someone, call someone, or whatever the Holy Spirit urges you to do and you resist -- you have just robbed that person or a person of seeing JESUS in YOU!

   Just food for thought.  Thanks for reading with me today. May your day be wonderful and blessed. Please pray for our nation and our leaders from the household to the Whitehouse and world. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny