Justified Mockery

 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Proverbs 1:25-26

We are easily angered when someone mocks us. We don't appreciate people laughing at our expense, especially when it was a painful experience for us. We feel foolish and embarrassed that others are enjoying our discomfort.

However, Solomon highlights a simple fact: Wisdom is justified in mocking our calamity, when we don't listen. Nothing is more painful than having to acknowledge someones "I told you so" when we have failed. We ultimately tried to do things on our own and failed. Although God is trying to lead us, we choose not to. And it is only after calamity has struck that we recognize the foolishness of our ways.

While we may be stubborn in doing things our own way, perhaps the recognition of the justified mockery that will surely come, can provide us incentive to follow God's will vice our own. Seek His will and live without mockery! (Psalms 119)