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Daily Devotion: Proverbs 13:20

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Proverbs 13:20    "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."

Our Daddy always talked to us about "guilt by association."  He was telling me to be careful about my friends and those I ran around with.  There have been many people who have gotten caught up with things that ultimately hurt them because they associated with the wrong people. Jesus said it in this way, "A little leaven leavens the whole lump."  Notice the wording of Solomon, "... a companion of fools shall be destroyed."  He didn't say that that person necessarily was a partakere of the bad deed, but he was a companion or an associate of those who were guilty.  He was taken down also. But the opposite of this is also true.  "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise."  Where does wisdom originate? We've seen it and been reminded of it more than once in our journey through Proverbs: "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom."   As I think about this, I am reminded of Enoch, who walked with God. I am reminded of the three things that the Lord requries of us. One of them is that we are to walk humbly with our God.  Walking with the wise helps us to become wise. Walking with the Lord will always lead us in the right paths. David said in Psalm 16:11, "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." There is One who walks with us even when it seems that we might be walking alone. His name is Jesus.  So my decision for today must be this: Will I walk with the foolish, or, ,will I walk with the Lord?   Which will it be?

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