"SAFEGUARD YOUR HEART"

Shun "the Path of the Wicked Ones"

With a sense of urgency, Solomon warns:  "Into the path of the wicked ones do not enter, and do not walk straight on into the way of the bad ones. Shun it, do not pass along by it; turn aside from it, and pass along.  For they do not sleep unless they do badness, and their sheep has been snatched away unless they cause someone to stumble. For they have fed themselves with the bread of wickedness, and the wine of acts of violence is what they drink." -Proverbs 4:14-17.

The wicked ones, whose ways Solomon wants us to shun, sustain themselves  on their vile deeds.  Doing what is bad is like food and drink to them.  They are unable to sleep unless they engage in acts of violence.  They very personality is corrupt! Can we really safeguard our hearts while keeping company with them?  How foolish to "walk straight on into the way of the bad ones" by exposing ourselves to the violence featured in much of the entertainment in today's  world!  Striving to be tenderly compassionate simply is not compatible  with talking in desensitizing doses of scenes of badness on the television screen or in motion pictures.

Next time: "SAFEGUARD YOUR HEART" -Stay in the Light

From the Watchtower magazine, 2000