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Description
Before a man ever makes a choice, especially a bad one, he starts walking towards it. If you’ve felt like you’ve been drifting recently, today’s episode is for you.
Chris moves into the body of Proverbs 7, where Solomon stops instructing and starts telling a story. From his window, he watches a young man who hasn't done anything wrong yet. He's just walking near her corner, taking the road toward her house, at twilight. Solomon, with a wise father's eyes, can already see where that road ends.
Two things stand out in Solomon's description. First, the young man isn't lacking talent, strength, opportunity, or even good intentions. He's lacking sense: the practical wisdom that reads a situation correctly and acts accordingly. He can't see what Solomon sees from the window. Second, there's the timing: twilight, evening, darkness. That isn't a scheduling accident; it's a choice of environment, a place where the light is low, and the consequences are harder to see. Men do this constantly. The late-night phone in a dark room. The trip taken alone with no one checking in. The conversation drifting somewhere it shouldn't. The guarded man knows his own vulnerabilities well enough that he doesn't trust himself to make the right call at the corner. He stays away from the corner.
Verse of the Day: Proverbs 7:6–9
Your Daily Man-Up Challenge
Ask yourself honestly: what direction am I walking in that's heading somewhere I don't want to end up? Not a decision yet, but a pattern, a habit, an environment you keep returning to. Name it, then take one step to redirect it before the corner becomes a choice you can't take back.
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