Proverbs - Watch Out!

Proverbs 1:10-19

            My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

            If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,

 let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;

and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

 We shall find all precious substance,

we shall fill our houses with spoil:

            Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

            My son, walk not thou in the way with them;

 refrain thy foot from their path:

 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

             Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

  And they lay wait for their own blood;

 they lurk privily for their own lives.

              So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;

which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

                        Sometimes the enemy plants just the ‘wrong’ people into our lives.  They seem to entice us to go in directions with our lives and/or mind that are very dangerous to all that the Lord wants to do in our lives.

                        Money-making schemes are a dime a dozen and many times people will call us on the phone or appear on an infomercial or come into our home in person, via e-mail or by video or CD to get us to jump on board and get rich quick.  Sister, be careful!  The Lord warns us in 1 Tim 6:10, “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” and in Prov 15:27a, “He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house...”  We must be content and seek first His kingdom and the true spiritual riches He has for us so we don’t end up caught in a trap to rob our families of the riches of a mother and wife who invest in the lives of the next generation.