Ever see or hear of someone doing something and all you can think is, "Wow! That wasn't very smart." I have a number of those experiences in my own life. I am sure Trish would tell you that there have been times that she wanted to ask, "Don't you remember what happened last time," but figured I'm stupid enough to try it anyway.
Let's take the example of the young man that decided to use himself as the fixed retrieval pole for the shopping cart game. The shopping cart game is where you tie the shopping cart to a pole or a tree, someone climbs into the shopping cart, the cart is pushed off a pier or bank, the rider gets wet, the cart is retrieved, the game continues.
Well, this young man, after some apparent imbibing, decided that he would be the pole/tree and tie the shopping cart to himself. Someone climbed into the cart, the cart was pushed off the pier, the young man tied to the cart followed the cart into the lake, where he drowned in about thirty feet of water. Sad and tragic. Makes you wonder if they still teach physics (really, basics such as gravity) and biology (humans can't breath under water) in high school. Or, maybe this young man just wasn't thinking.
Today's word is Proverbs 3:7, NIV, which reads, "Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD an shun evil."
It is when we begin to think that we have it figured out that we begin to find ourselves in deep trouble. I'm not saying the young man mentioned earlier wasn't smart but I am saying he wasn't very wise, and no doubt the alcohol contributed to his un-wiseness. We will never be very wise in our own smartness.
The next time you start out to do something that doesn't seem like a good idea, listen to yourself - it probably isn't. And, when you start to think you have it ALL figured out, remember today's verse because you don't have it all figured out. Rely on GOD'S wisdom to lead you to good decisions. You'll be glad you did.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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