The Prudent Man ~n~ Proverbs. Proverbs 22:3
Jesus said: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves (Matthew 10:16). Satan’s presence in the Garden of Eden was crafty, subtle, and very wise in attacking the innocence of Adam and Eve. He had the knowledge of good and evil, he understood the ways of God, he knew what he was doing, and he knew what he had to do to be successful in bringing down the fall of man. With this in mind, Jesus gives this wise counsel when faced with compromise.
What did the wisest man in all the world have to say about prudence? “A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.” - Proverbs 22:3
Prudence: The ability to have shrewdness to govern and to have discipline in the affairs of man. It is to use caution, sound reason, and skill in advocating good judgment. Failing in this prudent management, we become “guilty as serpents and stupid as doves”!
One will see the winds and the waves coming and do nothing about it. The other will see the same and will build his house on a rock. He will prepare for the worst as the killer storm arrives. Noah foresaw the flood and acted accordingly. There is a storm coming unlike the world has yet to see. When the Holy Spirit and the church are removed from this world, Satan will unleash an attack that will be unequaled to anything he has ever leveled on the lives on men. We are not ignorant of his subtlety when enlightened by the Word of God. Yea, did God really say that, yes he did!
To reject cooing of the Holy Spirit as a dove hovering over her brood is to be as blind as a bat in a hailstorm. The bridge is out and the ditch is straight ahead. Failing to heed will keep you stuck on stupid as you continue to slip on the wide and broad road which will come to a sudden stop in hell. In hell where there is gnashing of teeth and the worm dies not. In hell where the unjust remains unjust and filthy remains filthy. In hell where there is not one drop of water to cool the tongue. It is a place of torment not for the wise, but the naïve and the blind.
Jesus sat on a mountain side and said: Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how oft would I have gathered you under my wings and you would not. He did not say you could not come, or should not come, but that you would not come. He is proving a way of escape from the clutches of sin, deliver you from him who will let you perish in your sin, and chain you forever in the sides of hell where the world will look narrowly upon you.
You may have degrees, financially secured, physically well, but you are unsaved. You have never been born-again; you have never repented of your sin. Do not be ignorant in this what may be once in a life time decision. Danger is coming and you can not stop it, prepare yourself with the blood covering, confess your sin and turn to Christ—now!
It seems to me it better to prudent now than to be sorry later!