Proverbs 26:3 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the fool's back.” (Proverbs 26:3 KJV)

Fools are unteachable. Hence, they are fools. They are set to their ways of living and thinking (or thoughtless ways, as the case may be). Trying to correct, rebuke or train them, will be met with laughter and scorn. They are rooted in their habits and need a harsh deterrence to stop or redirect them. As a whip is needed for a horse and bridle for an ass, the rod needs to be applied on the backs of fools indeed, this passage says..

A foolish person could be brilliant in the natural sphere of the world. He may be a professor in a premier worldly university, an inventor, a scientist, a famed artist, a poet, a powerful politician. Yes, he may have the wisdom of the world. But, often people who are considered wise in the physical dimension are foolish in the spiritual realm. Scriptures declare: "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God (1 Corinthians 3:19)." They have neither, knowledge of, nor fear of God who created them. They deny and reject that truth. They choose to be a fragment of an accidental explosion.

They are likened to a dumb animal in the spiritual realm, as this passage reveals. So, as God’s children of grace by faith in Christ Jesus, we are warned not to be one of them! Righteous in His eyes (Romans 5:1), we are to reflect and take hold on these Words of our Creator and Designer: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you. Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!” (Psalm 32:8-11 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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