A Wasted Life - Renewed
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
Proverbs 6:26
How often have we seen someone suffer from a poor decision. No matter how successful, popular or religious, the individual is publicly humiliated for his poor judgement and the choices he has made. It is often heard, "What a shame - he had so much going for him.". And yet his life becomes valued as nothing, or a piece of bread, for poor judgement. It is almost as if his life will be forever ruined. Such a situation causes me to wonder what motivates them to keep on living? Is there no hope for redemption?
The Bible provides us many examples of people who made poor choices, much like we do today. And yet, God uses them in miraculous ways to affect others. Consider David, the adulterer and murderer - why should he desire to live after it is well known that he committed adultery, murder and had a child born out of wedlock. Surely, enough to ruin his reputation for the rest of his life! And yet, he has the book with the most chapters in the Bible and was the father of the wisest man on earth who gave us three more books of the Bible. David gave us hope in his living example. Repentence yield foregiveness. And foregiveness produces redemption which motivates service to our Lord.
So the next time you see someone suffering from poor judgement, come along-side them and encourage them to seek God's foregiveness,. You never know what He has in store for the rest of their life!
Proverbs 6:26
How often have we seen someone suffer from a poor decision. No matter how successful, popular or religious, the individual is publicly humiliated for his poor judgement and the choices he has made. It is often heard, "What a shame - he had so much going for him.". And yet his life becomes valued as nothing, or a piece of bread, for poor judgement. It is almost as if his life will be forever ruined. Such a situation causes me to wonder what motivates them to keep on living? Is there no hope for redemption?
The Bible provides us many examples of people who made poor choices, much like we do today. And yet, God uses them in miraculous ways to affect others. Consider David, the adulterer and murderer - why should he desire to live after it is well known that he committed adultery, murder and had a child born out of wedlock. Surely, enough to ruin his reputation for the rest of his life! And yet, he has the book with the most chapters in the Bible and was the father of the wisest man on earth who gave us three more books of the Bible. David gave us hope in his living example. Repentence yield foregiveness. And foregiveness produces redemption which motivates service to our Lord.
So the next time you see someone suffering from poor judgement, come along-side them and encourage them to seek God's foregiveness,. You never know what He has in store for the rest of their life!
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