Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness. Pr14.22
The imagery of this verse is powerful. The Hebrew language is one of word pictures. The picture painted here, is of a person plowing in a field. Now I know something about this. As a young man I would sometimes visit a farmer friend. I would sit in the tractor with him while we talked. I was always amazed at how straight he could plow all the many rows in a field. One day, I asked him how he did this. He explained that before he started to plow, he would pick a spot on the far side of the field and stay fixed on it. By simply keeping that focus, once the first pass was straight, all the others would follow.
The verse above could literally be translated, Do not those who plow evil wander all over the place like a drunken man, but faithful and reliable are those who plow good.
The condition of the field we plow is determined by our focus when we plow. If the focus of our life is on all that is good and wholesome then the field of our life will follow all that is good and wholesome. Many people wander all over the place because they have no meaningful focus in their life. Christ offers us a meaningful life by directing us to a singular focus. Let all that you do be done for the glory of God. We glorify God simply and truthfully when we enjoy all that He desires to be for us. We are able to rise each day with this wonderfully singular focus: to enjoy life by finding our greatest pleasure living for His pleasure. We glorify God when we experience the supreme value of loving Him.
The only time a person looks back when plowing is when they reach the end of the row. Living with the supreme purpose of finding God our greatest reward, means that when we reach the end of one row and look back we will not have wandered aimlessly. Plow with focus and the lines in your field will be straight and true. 2/23/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
