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You don't have to make the mistake yourself to learn from it; you just have to be willing to listen to someone who already did.
Today, Solomon is handing you the ending of the story before you have to live it.
Chris closes out the week in Proverbs 7, where Solomon comes back to the voice he started with: a father speaking directly to his son. After all the keeping, the binding, the writing on the heart, and the story of the young man in the twilight, verses 24–27 land as something closer to a plea than a lecture. It's what a father says when he knows exactly what's at stake and needs his son to actually hear him.
Learn from someone else's window instead of your own wreckage. Solomon says her victims are many and her slain are a mighty throng. That isn't a rare danger he's describing; it's a well-worn path with a long casualty list. Men of strength and reputation walked it. Men who were sure they had it handled. The wrong path doesn't discriminate, and it will take down the man who thinks he's too strong to heed the warning. What Solomon offers here is the wisdom of a father who has watched from the window and knows how the story ends. Receiving that from a wise earthly father, and always from your heavenly Father, isn't weakness. It's wisdom. Keep it, let it keep you, listen and live.
Verse of the Day: Proverbs 7:24–27
Your Daily Man-Up Challenge
Write down one piece of wisdom a father figure has given you that you haven't fully applied yet. Your dad, a pastor, a mentor, or God through Scripture. This weekend, apply it. Don't let it just stay advice you heard. Move it from your head to your heart to your hands, until it becomes a life you've actually lived.
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