“Where there is no vision, the people perish: But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” (Proverbs 29:18 KJV)
When this passage talks about vision, this is not talking about earthly dreams or goals or plans for the future. This is about God's communication and revelation to man, His commands, His precepts and His holy and written Words, which He directly gave through the prophets to His people Israel and to all who believe in Jesus. In the absence of revelation from God, people are left unguided and without direction. Yes, people are left hungry, thirsty and spiritually ill-nourished. The Lord warns in His Words: “The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it. “In that day “the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst.”(Amos 8:11-13 NIV)
In this post-resurrection dispensation of grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord by faith in Him, we are heirs of Abraham (Galatians 3:29). We are blessed with access to His holy and written Word - our vision for the now and for eternity. That is the object of this provocative reflection of the Book of Proverbs, challenging true seekers of truth to shift through the wealth of God's Words. As it is written: “But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” (Luke 11:28 ESV)
Yes indeed, happy and ...“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” (Psalm 1:1-3 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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