Have you ever found it easier to see the right thing for someone else to do than for yourself? There is a reason for that. We often times can tell someone what to do but can’t seem to do it for ourselves.
For example:
25 A truthful witness saves lives,
But he who utters lies is treacherous
But he who utters lies is treacherous
In this proverb we see that lying only brings destruction. We ourselves hate being lied to. We hate seeing people live a lie. We know how much damage it can do. We know this but I bet if I asked if you have ever lied or lived a lie you would probably say yes. I bet if I asked you if you knew how to correct that in someone else’s life you would have an answer almost immediately. It is so easy to see the foolishness in someone else. Its easy to know what to do to correct their wrong behavior. But I bet it is harder to correct in yourself. Why can we see the answer to foolishness in others easily but have such a difficult time correcting it in our own lives?
The answer is we have no emotional ties to their sin. We won’t have to deal with the consequences of trying to correct our behavior. I can tell you how to correct your behavior all day long because I don’t have to do it. I don’t have to deal with the mess. But if I have to correct a sin I know what that will take, and often times I don’t want to deal with the pain and hurt that comes with going back and fixing issues like lying bring about.
Read Proverbs 14 and see if you can see any foolishness in your life that you need to correct. Are their verses in this chapter that really resonate with you? Can you see the foolishness in those verses? Can you recognize the wisdom it takes to realize that some of these verses apply to you. Are you willing to recognize the wise thing to do and apply it to your life? Your foolish ways become harder and harder to stop the longer you wait.
The very first verse illustrates this perfectly:
The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
But the foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
Are you tearing your life apart by not recognizing wisdom?
I’m praying for you.
Andy Cisneros
SeekGrowLove.com 