Proverbs 20:26
A wise king
scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
The Lord is
showing how to handle a position of authority.
A wise king will handle wickedness like a farmer would handle his
grain. When grain was harvested it would
be brought to a threshing floor and go under a crushing. This large stone wheel would break the stalk
from its own stature and identity and bring out what was really in it. If it was a true stalk of grain, the contents
would fall to the threshing floor and that which was not of substance or that
which came from a weed in the midst would blow away. When we are even discerning what kind of
friends we should have around us we must take the wheel of the Word and run it
over and through our relationships. What
kind of fruit comes from time spent with them?
Do we have to ‘blow’ things away after getting off the phone with
them? When we are dealing with
discipline with our children are we sure to use a standard beyond our moods and
feelings? Do we roll the weighty stone
of the word over the situation and find that which we should affirm and that
which we should renounce? A king must
use something objective by which to judge.
As we face each day may the Lord run His wheel even over any wickedness
within us!
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