Pam Padgett ... teacher
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The righteous are bold as a lion because they are led by God. They are
not acting according to their own wisdom or their own strength. The
righteous turn to God and act based on what the Holy Spirit brings to
help them, wisdom and strength from God. The wicked have no firm basis
for what they do, only their own ideas and ideas of other people, and
they are easily moved.
Jesus told the following parable ...
Luke 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth
them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48 He is like a man which
built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and
when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and
could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 49 But he that
heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an
house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and
immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
When we turn to God, have heard what He speaks to us by the Holy Spirit, carefully consider it, and then act based on that word, we are able to
stand even in the midst of adversity; but those without this foundation cannot stand when trouble comes.
We're also told that the man who delights in the law of the Lord and
meditates in it day and night will be like a tree planted by rivers of water, bringing
forth fruit, and whatsoever he does will prosper. This man is deeply
rooted in the word of God. But the ungodly, those not seeking to know God's will and to do that, are like the chaff which the
wind blows, having no anchor ...
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of
the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in
his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his
season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth
the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.