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Daily Devotion: Proverbs 14:14

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Proverbs 14:14    "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself."

It is important to be reminded of Proverbs 14:12 while looking at the phrase, "shall be filled with his own ways."  What is the way of the backslider?  "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. "  "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways... which seemeth right unto him... but the end thereof are the ways of death." What is a backslider?  It seems to me that a backslider is one who knows the ways of God; yet, he chooses to walk in the way of the world. According to Hebrews 11:25 (and according to each of our own experiences), there are "... pleasures of sin for a season." We are told that Moses chose "to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season." If we choose the pleasures of the world for a season, we shall "be filled with (our) own ways." One commentator said they shall have their own bellyful of their own wicked ways and works. The end of those ways is death, or separation from the fellowship with God. "A good man shall be satisfied from himself." That does not say we are to be satisfied with ourselves; rather, satisfaction comes to us from walking with the Lord and the joy that is experienced in that path. 

When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still
And with all who will trust and obey
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

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