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Deciding on a house can be challenging. Sometimes the decision is easy because you can see enough externally that you know you don’t want to have anything to do with it. You can see that it is dirty, unkempt and overall, it just gives you the creeps.
Shannon had been looking for a house for herself, her husband Ken, and their 2-year-old daughter, Cora, and she finally found a house she believed was a perfect match. It was immaculate, freshly painted and appeared ideal! Since it was a big investment, Shannon did the wise thing and had the house inspected, to guarantee that it would be safe and sound. The house inspector would check the safety of the house by looking for any hidden defects like possible cracks in the foundation, leaks, any damage caused by termites, and would test for Radon, a gas that can go undetected, but all the while unhealthy levels are being breathed in. She didn’t want her family in an unsafe environment, whether breathing poisonous gas, or perhaps, somewhere down the road, the house caving in on them.
When picking the company we keep we can sometimes see immediately that a person or group is not a good investment for us, but sometimes they can seem perfect! Just as Shannon used caution in buying her new house, doesn’t it make sense that we use caution in buying into any relationship? Just as Shannon showed wisdom by using a house inspector to reveal any hidden dangers in the house, shouldn’t we be just as wise and use an inspector that can reveal any hidden dangers that may come from a relationship? A thorough relationship inspection can be done with the most revealing of all lights, God’s word; the light that brings to light all hidden things. Proverbs has a wealth of information on distinguishing the difference for us, between the company of the wise and the foolish.
Just like the house, we will want the people we keep company with, to be building their lives on a sure foundation, no longer breathing in the pollutions of sin, and their lives are no longer subject to the enemy’s destroying pests. If we fill our minds with God’s word, then the light it gives will let us know whether or not a relationship will be safe and sound.
Some things are easy to spot in people, they may speak or act in away that obviously reveals to us that they would not be a wise companion. But sometimes there may be things hidden from our view, underneath the surface, that could jeopardize our safety, like the Radon gas, if we walk with them. You don’t want to be breathing in poison without knowing it.
God’s light will always reveal sin, which is actually poison to our souls. Sin, undetected can eat away at our lives like the unseen pests eat away at the wood in an unprotected house. Sin can knock the foundation right out from under us if we give in to it. You don’t want to take a chance in harming your life or the life of your family by being in an unsafe or unsound environment, whether in a house or in a relationship. Corinthians 15:33 NIV, Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Knowing God’s Word and doing what it says is the only sure foundation for living our lives, and anyone that does not take heed to it, can be considered unwise. You don’t want to be walking side by side with someone who is unwise about God and on a destructive path.
Proverbs 13:20-21 KJV “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”
Matthew 7:24-27 KJV “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.”
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