Proverbs 25: 4, 5Take away the dross from the silver,
And the smith has material for a vessel;
Take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.
Wickedness tends to ineffectiveness and unsettledness. So the initial task of the king is to rid his court of wicked people. Until the Great Eradication, things don’t move forward or endure. In short, if the ruler never allows the moral questions to become policy questions, the reign is effete and ultimately doomed.
One truth that jumps from our proverbs this week is the importance of leadership in any sphere – nation, church home. How importantly God views this topic of leadership!
Just imagine where a leader could go wrong in our proverb: through laziness or timidity or misplaced loyalties or a dull moral sense he could upend that which he has been appointed to maintain.
Of all these hindrances to good administration I think that sloth has to be the most fundamental. Fathers that can’t get themselves to really deal with problems in their homes. Pastors drowsily comfortable with alarming levels of licentiousness, in their lives and others. The guardians turn over in their beds. How many otherwise talented people fail just at this point!
Wake up! Pray for insight in how to overcome evil. Don’t ever settle in! You’ll have to purposely retain a litheness, the energy to gather yourself and resist, the willingness to forego comfort, the aversion to sloth. That’s what governors, even self-governors, do.
Bible Reading: Romans 15: 22-29
OK, what exactly does v. 29 mean?
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