SATURDAY - 7TH DECEMBER, 2024
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
CONSEQUENCES ARE SURE - Knowing The Planned Time Series 007
Proverbs 22:3, KJV
"...but the simple pass on and are punished."
Many times, we all make mistakes. When we do, one thing we wish or do request for is to be forgiven. When people pleads for forgiveness, they intend, "let go of the punishment that should follow and let us continue to relate." But some other times, we could be made to bear full cost of the matter though with continued relationship or opportunity.
Paying back or restoring what is lost or stolen through our carelessness is not easy but it'll equip us with vivid remembrance not to repeat same mistake again. It produces a more cautious (prudent) man who'll do his diligent best to be aware. When you're pardoned, it comes easily and you might not reckon the weight of the destruction you have caused. However, if it costs you a little discomfort, you'll really know what to prepare against next time.
Our verse for consideration says, "...but the simple pass on and are punished."
Who are the simple? Those without foreknowledge. Those who haven't heard, seen or known as to be properly guided or decide what course of action is best. They're the ones who'll take a journey that'll land them in trouble. They're the ones who'll go down on their way from Jerusalem to Jericho and land among robbers who'll strip them of their valuables while leaving them half dead. They are the ones who'll say they're travelling abroad, sell their properties and lose their position here but to awaken to the opposite of their expectation abroad. Why? They simply couldn't foresee. They carry no head lamp that lights their path before them. That's why such would say, "if I had known..." They weep for what they should have known which they didn't know.
So, you must seek to know so as to avoid punishment. Because man failed to know his time, he's therefore like fishes caught in an evil net and like birds ensnared. If he knows his time, he'll journey differently or postpone his travelling. He wouldn't walk on to fall into a trap. The possiblity of doing something differently or putting a preparation in place comes in the moment he knows. However, he lives in darkness and oblivion of his true realities because he lacks awareness.
So, he is punished! The cost is always high when you pass on and you're punished. May God give you fortitude to bear any consequence of your omission and wisdom to prevent against a repeat of such.
PRAYER: In Year 2025, I refuse to be a victim of any ambush or unforseen contingency.
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