Proverbs - No Perversion

Proverbs 12:5-8

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood:

but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

                         A man shall be commended according to his wisdom:

but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

                        The Lord has given us the mind of Christ.  Rather than listening to the counsels of the wicked, we should be quiet enough to hear His leading within us confirmed by His Word.  The counsels of the wicked are found on television, magazines, non-Christian co-workers and family members as well as books.  We need to meditate on the Word of the Lord and allow His Word to be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.

            Perversion produces foolishness.  Righteousness produces wisdom.  If we are to be esteemed as wise women we had best stay close to the commandments of God.  This will result in priorities and choices that are wise and endure time.  If we are inconsistent and twisted in our standards, the scriptures say that we will be despised.  In order to make it easier for our children to honor us, we need to have standards rooted in the wisdom of God.  If we twist things and are inconsistent we could frustrate our children and they will despise us.  Perversion is a word that means to twist.  Let us stay in His Word and have standards true to the everlasting commands of God causing us to be women who are commended according to our wisdom.