Gideon

Finally starting on Gideon this morning - but there is so much about him that it will take several weeks to cover it.
Proverbs Friday was good - I mean, it is always good really, but there were a couple of verse that I had never really paid attention to.


Pro 29:18
(18)  Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

This verse is almost always used with only the first part quoted, and it is used to suggest that we need goals to aim for and to motivate us.

However, as with many of the verses in Proverbs it is written in positive and negative halves. People perish without vision, BUT and it is this but that provides context for the first half, as it is the opposite of no vision.

The opposite of no vision is "keepeth the Law" - this is basically heeding the Word of God.

Vision should come from God's Word - and let's face it, people don't perish without a church building program. People ultimately perish because they have not believed in Jesus Christ - which is what the Word of God is all about.

The vision that is being spoken of here, is a vision of God's Word that leads to action for God's purpose, which means that the Gospel is preached.

I think should have ended up on the other page.......

Skellibert