BBD 06.08.21 Acting Badly (Classic)

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Classic from 2005

The Burning Bush Devotional

08 June 2021

Acting Badly

My son,
if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie
in wait to shed blood; let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; let
us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
we shall find all kinds of precious possessions, we shall fill our houses with
spoil; cast in your lot among us, let us all have one purse”— My son, do not
walk in the way with them, keep your foot from their path; For their feet run
to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. Surely, in vain the net is spread
in the sight of any bird; but they lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk
secretly for their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for
gain; it takes away the life of its owners. - Proverbs 1:10-19.

We
often talk about when bad things happen to good people, however, have you
noticed how often bad things happen to those who are involved in what they
should not be involved in? Here is an example: Christina Goodenow had just won
one million dollars in the lottery with a one-dollar ticket when she was
arrested. She was arrested because she had a stolen credit card, and she used
that credit card to buy the lottery ticket. Sadly, for Christina, the ticket
was then voided because it was bought with a stolen credit card.

Here’s
two more examples: Things really deteriorated for Sonja Aguirre after she
parked in a handicapped parking space (She is not handicapped.). While giving
Sonja a ticket an officer discovered that Sonja also had 265 pounds of
marijuana in her vehicle with an estimated value of half a million dollars. A
similar situation occurred with two men who were driving a vehicle with an
expired license plate. Only when they were stopped in Orlando, Florida for the
expired plate they had 550 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle.

I do
not have any surveys to back up what I am going to say, however, I think that
it is true from my own observations. If you want to raise the probability of
something bad happening in your life begin to do things, you know you should
not do on a regular basis. Such as: park in handicapped parking spaces without
a permit or drive your car around with an expired license tag or buy that
lottery ticket with a stolen credit card - and then, see what happens. What are
you doing when you willfully engage in what you know to be wrong? Solomon tells
us in Proverbs that, “…they lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk secretly for their own
lives.”

Yes,
bad things do happen to good people. However, if you want to get on the fast
track to bad things happening to you just begin to do those things you know you
should not do. That will surely speed up the process of bringing those bad
things about in your life.

On the
other hand, I believe that Solomon is telling us that we can avoid much evil in
our lives by simply doing what is right. When bad things happen to people
acting badly it may very well be the result of their bad actions. Solomon would
say to you today just what he said so many years ago when his words were
originally written down, “My son, if
sinners entice you, do not consent.”

Copyright © 1999 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe
Marx Jones; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Shonda
Hutson (fighting cancer); and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2005

The Burning Bush Devotional

08 June 2021

Acting Badly

My son,
if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie
in wait to shed blood; let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; let
us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
we shall find all kinds of precious possessions, we shall fill our houses with
spoil; cast in your lot among us, let us all have one purse”— My son, do not
walk in the way with them, keep your foot from their path; For their feet run
to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. Surely, in vain the net is spread
in the sight of any bird; but they lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk
secretly for their own lives. So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for
gain; it takes away the life of its owners. - Proverbs 1:10-19.

We
often talk about when bad things happen to good people, however, have you
noticed how often bad things happen to those who are involved in what they
should not be involved in? Here is an example: Christina Goodenow had just won
one million dollars in the lottery with a one-dollar ticket when she was
arrested. She was arrested because she had a stolen credit card, and she used
that credit card to buy the lottery ticket. Sadly, for Christina, the ticket
was then voided because it was bought with a stolen credit card.

Here’s
two more examples: Things really deteriorated for Sonja Aguirre after she
parked in a handicapped parking space (She is not handicapped.). While giving
Sonja a ticket an officer discovered that Sonja also had 265 pounds of
marijuana in her vehicle with an estimated value of half a million dollars. A
similar situation occurred with two men who were driving a vehicle with an
expired license plate. Only when they were stopped in Orlando, Florida for the
expired plate they had 550 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle.

I do
not have any surveys to back up what I am going to say, however, I think that
it is true from my own observations. If you want to raise the probability of
something bad happening in your life begin to do things, you know you should
not do on a regular basis. Such as: park in handicapped parking spaces without
a permit or drive your car around with an expired license tag or buy that
lottery ticket with a stolen credit card - and then, see what happens. What are
you doing when you willfully engage in what you know to be wrong? Solomon tells
us in Proverbs that, “…they lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk secretly for their own
lives.”

Yes,
bad things do happen to good people. However, if you want to get on the fast
track to bad things happening to you just begin to do those things you know you
should not do. That will surely speed up the process of bringing those bad
things about in your life.

On the
other hand, I believe that Solomon is telling us that we can avoid much evil in
our lives by simply doing what is right. When bad things happen to people
acting badly it may very well be the result of their bad actions. Solomon would
say to you today just what he said so many years ago when his words were
originally written down, “My son, if
sinners entice you, do not consent.”

Copyright © 1999 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe
Marx Jones; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Shonda
Hutson (fighting cancer); and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time constraints
the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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