Proverbs 4:26-27 GOD’S WORD Translation
26 Carefully walk a straight path, and all your ways will be secure. 27 Do not lean to the right or to the left. Walk away from evil.
At some point in each of our lives we’ve all played Simon says. It’s a game that gives us different instructions to follow. For example, the leader will say Simon says clap your hands and you clap your hands until they yell Simon says stop.
This is how it is with the instructions that we have above GOD SAYS carefully walk a straight path and all your ways will be secure. Because HE said it we should be doing it and when we do it everything will turn out right for us. Not most of the time, but all of the time.
The next thing GOD SAYS is don’t lean to the right or the left. Walk away from evil. We’ve got to discipline ourselves to obey God’s instructions. There is no room in the verse above for our interpretation. Our interpretation gets us in trouble. Our interpretation leads us towards evil. Our interpretation pulls us away from the will of God.
GOD SAYS…………….. What is God saying to you through these verses? If we can win in Simon says, certainly we can win in GOD SAYS.