My Favorite Verses - Vol V (Feb 17 to Jun 17)

Proverbs 4:18 … The Path of the Just
(04/18/2017)
“The path of the Just is like the shining sun,
that shines ever brighter unto the Perfect Day.”
~ unknown (Proverbs 4:18)
First of all, it is important to remember that – seeing as how the lives of all
sentient beings are innately shrouded in abject fear (via their constant subconscious
evaluations of “friend or foe” &/or “fight or flight”) & varying degrees of self-loathing
(via the omnipresent dysfunctional whisperings from the critical judgments received from
parents, teachers, preachers etc during childhood), and seeing as how the societies we
have created were founded in violence and are still promiscuous in their hovering,
omnipresent oppressions of potential incarceration, poverty, ostracization &/or
isolation – even the smallest candle of Love or Justice shines like a strobe into the
darkness; even the faintest calls for Caring or Freedom boom like a thunderhead
rolling over the valley … Second, note as well the enhanced Meaning found in
this verse when we read the Proverbs that precede & follow it – namely, “Do not
enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evildoers … For they
eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence” (Proverbs 4:14-17), and
“The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they
stumble over … Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of
life” (Proverbs 4:19-23) … Third, note that the Hebrew word translated here as
“perfect” is nekown, a word that actually means “fully established” or “made
complete” (see Strong‟s #3559) – a meaning which harmonizes well with the
humility-infused & fully active Way of Christ (see the “fulfilled” of Matthew 5:17-18
– from the Greek pleroo,
meaning “to hone” or “to
make whole or complete”
Strong‟s #4137) …
Fourth, note in closing
how well this Proverb
flows with Jesus‟
reading from the scroll
of Isaiah in Luke 4:18-
19; especially the fact
that we have all been
called to shine a similar
light, and thereby make
the way straight for all
those struggling nearby
(see Matthew 5:16, John
12:36, John 14:12 et al).
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