June 16, 2026 -- Proverbs 12:15 -- Hey, what path are you on?

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The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but a wise man listens to advice. Proverbs 12:15 ESV
 
The way of a fool means that a fool’s impulses, plans, and steps are out of alignment with God’s ways. The reason is clear. The fool is a man or woman who says in his heart there is no God. A fool might also be one who claims there is a God but then lives as if God’s existence doesn’t matter. Keep in mind that King Solomon wrote these words. He himself became a fool as his heart was led astray by his wives and concubines.
 
To be right in one’s own eyes is to be self conceited. It was a strikingly emotional moment when a man who is incarcerated turned to me and quietly said, “I can’t keep on doing what I’m doing.” This man, who is a “frequent flyer” (regularly incarcerated), turned to me and noted he’d been in the SHU (Special Holding Unit, or segregation). He had time to think while he was there, and he realized showing up at the Bible studies was teaching him something new. After his time separated from all the other men, I noticed there was a new purposefulness in his attendance at Bible Study. His self-conceit had been broken. There is a crack in the godless foundation of his life, and the Spirit of the Lord is breaking in.
 
A wise man acknowledges God exists. A wise man is humble enough to be instructed in the Word of the LORD. A wise man in the Old Testament is one who realized the system of sacrifices pointed to an ultimate sacrifice. A wise man (or woman) in the New Testament era and beyond, is one who knows Jesus is that full, final sacrifice for our sins. A wise man, having been purified from his sins and cleansed from all unrighteousness, will in turn ask the Spirit of God to guide him in all that is good, holy, and pleasing to the LORD. It is the love of God that compels him to know God more fully. And it is a self-perpetuating cycle, the more one knows God, the more of God one wants to know.
 
O LORD You are my salvation!
I will trust in You and not be afraid of the opinions of others, or the pressures of an ungodly world, or the screams of hell’s demons sent to waylay me. You, O LORD are my strength and my song. You, O LORD, show Your glorious salvation through the cross of Jesus Christ. Through the Spirit, I draw water from the wells of salvation. Through the Spirit I receive the wise instruction that guides me in the way of salvation. I sing praises to You, O God, for great and glorious is Your Name. Spirit of God, magnify Jesus to my heart, my imagination and my plans, so that serving Him becomes a joyful duty. Amen.
 
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