There is a way that seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.Proverbs 16:25 from the New International Version
Ever been wrong? I have, many times. The answer seemed so clear, I worked as hard as I thought I needed to and fell flat on my face.
You probably have a political view point that is dramatically different from other people. A mistake is automatically or always assuming that a person has bad intentions. Your political enemy might be acting as he or she believes is right and could be very wrong and on a path to destruction. At the same time, the person on the wrong path could be you.
This is a fundamental reminder I try to keep in mind on a regular basis — I could be totally off.
What this does, and if more people possessed it, is that you can still be confidant in your actions, beliefs, and decisions, yet also be open to learning and growing.
If more people would understand the truths in this verse (including: there is a path that leads to death, but looks good; we don’t have all the info; we can be wrong) it would at leastcause us to pause a moment before jumping down into the death and destruction place. It would also allow us to have better understanding of others – leading to all kinds of good.
Part of the Proverbs Challenge series
