Pr. 4:27: “Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil.”
This verse is pretty self-explanatory. The verse before this says to let all your ways be established. When you establish something, you make it firm, or stable; you give it a solid basis from which it won’t move, or institute something meant to be permanent.
When you establish your life in Christ, you are making a solid, stable place on which you are declaring to stand. Not to be moved, you are instituting a relationship meant to be permanent. You are declaring God as the Lord of your life, and saying that your trust in Him and His faithfulness is enough for you to place all your hope.
From that place, we are told not to turn to the right or to the left. We are told to remain on the solid ground that is Christ.
If there is any evil in our lives, we must remove our foot from it. If any evil comes to us after we have established ourselves, we must remind ourselves that our relationship with the Lord has been established, never to be undone. Remembering God’s faithfulness to those who place their trust in Him, we must not turn or be moved.
Satisfaction from evil and sin is a mirage. Sin always brings shame, guilt, pain, destruction, and death. God is and always will be more than enough. Nothing can compare with the pleasures that are at the right hand of our King! In His presence alone is fullness of joy. Why leave?
In Him,
jamie
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