Proverbs 4:25 "Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you."
Solomon is writing about the supremacy of wisdom. Wisdom is to be gained at all costs according to Solomon. In verse 25, he advises to keep our eyes straight ahead of us. He wants us to continually look in front of us-not to the side or behind us-just directly before us.
I was driving home yesterday from a Memorial Day weekend at my in-laws and we encountered some heavy holiday traffic. Being a curious fellow, my eyes tend to wander and I like to check out what's going on around me. I like to watch fellow motorists-see what they are up to, what they are driving, what's going on in their vehicle. I like to imagine where they are coming from and where they are going. Many things on the road steal my attention-cows in the field, roadkill on the shoulder, a broken down car, SUV's that think they own the road, truckers who ride my bumper...Anyhow, as soon as I take my eyes off the road, I begin to swerve. I do this a lot. My wife makes fun of me (and gets a bit angry) when I swerve. The point is, when we take our eyes off of what's most important-what's directly in front of us-we are prone to swerve. And bad things happen when we swerve!
Dear Lord, help me to keep my eyes in front of me so I don't swerve. Amen.
Solomon is writing about the supremacy of wisdom. Wisdom is to be gained at all costs according to Solomon. In verse 25, he advises to keep our eyes straight ahead of us. He wants us to continually look in front of us-not to the side or behind us-just directly before us.
I was driving home yesterday from a Memorial Day weekend at my in-laws and we encountered some heavy holiday traffic. Being a curious fellow, my eyes tend to wander and I like to check out what's going on around me. I like to watch fellow motorists-see what they are up to, what they are driving, what's going on in their vehicle. I like to imagine where they are coming from and where they are going. Many things on the road steal my attention-cows in the field, roadkill on the shoulder, a broken down car, SUV's that think they own the road, truckers who ride my bumper...Anyhow, as soon as I take my eyes off the road, I begin to swerve. I do this a lot. My wife makes fun of me (and gets a bit angry) when I swerve. The point is, when we take our eyes off of what's most important-what's directly in front of us-we are prone to swerve. And bad things happen when we swerve!
Dear Lord, help me to keep my eyes in front of me so I don't swerve. Amen.
