Proverbs 24:15-16 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not plunder his resting place; For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.” (Proverbs 24:15-16 NKJV)

These passages warn the wicked not to mess with the children of God. It can’t be denied that evil and his minions work in the dark. They aim to create havoc in the lives of those who are in the light. They follow the cue of their father the devil. He is the enemy of God. And, God's children are his prey. These workers of evil are thieves who come to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). In these passages, the Almighty God of all creation, our Father, is warning them not to touch the habitat of the righteous.

God is declaring to us, who are righteous by grace through faith in Christ, as He declared to Abram "I am your shield." We may seem fallen at times. But resting on the finished work of our Lord Jesus by faith, we will always rise up. And, those who attack us will meet a calamitous fall. Like Daniel, he was falsely accused by his wicked enemies of a crime he did not commit because of their envy of his righteous way of doing his job. He was nefariously cast into the lions' den. And, they thought they succeeded. But, God shut the lions' mouths.

As in the testimony of Daniel, resting in God’s grace by faith in Jesus, the righteous always wins - no matter how it looks in the sights of men. And the wicked falls all the way to a fateful end, as it is written: “Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.” (Daniel 6:21-23 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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