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09.13.10

Stop Digging

An ungodly man digs up evil.. - Proverbs 16:27a.

Near Greeley, Colorado a man was arrested for DUI, handcuffed, and he was
put inside of a police vehicle. Police officers interviewed a witness while
the intoxicated man waited in their car. At least the officers thought that
the arrested man was waiting. The arrested man was able to bring his hands
handcuffed behind him around in front of himself. He then escaped by driving
off in the police vehicle. It was a short drive as officers were able to
stop him about a mile down the road. Now, instead of one charge for DUI he
will have two DUI charges. In addition, he will be charged with escape,
attempting to elude, and possibly resisting arrest. If he tried, in his
escape, to ram another police vehicle or run over an officer or someone
else, he could be facing even more serious charges. In retrospect, when he
sobers up, he will probably be thinking that just one count of DUI wouldn't
have been all that bad.

There is actually a webpage devoted to giving instructions for digging a
hole. Here's the link in case you have a hole to dig:
everything2.com/title/How+to+dig+a+hole According to the digging a
hole webpage you may need a round point shovel, a square point shovel, a
posthole digger, a digging bar, a measuring tape, and a rope. As one who has
dug some holes in the ground, including postholes, I know that digging holes
takes some effort. The effort exerted will depend, to some extent, on the
hardness of the ground. When you have reached the depth that you wanted to
go to how do you stop? You simply stop digging. It is an old, old saying
filled with wisdom, which says, "When you are in a hole, stop digging."

The man arrested in Colorado for DUI apparently had not dug his hole as deep
as he wanted, and so he kept on digging. The result is the possibility of
several charges being added to the one that he was arrested for originally.
The writer of Proverbs has a good and wise point, "An ungodly man digs up
evil, and it is on his lips like a burning fire (Proverbs 16:17)." Those who
are not led by the Spirit of God will dig up evil. It may be in the form of
gossip that they will spread, or it may be like the DUI man in Colorado, who
dug up some more trouble for himself.

In Romans 8:5-6, we are told this, "For those who live according to the
flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live
according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded
is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." If the man in
Colorado had been led by the Holy Spirit, he would not have been drunk, he
would not have been arrested, and he would have a much more peaceful life
than he will have as he spends some time in jail, or possibly even prison.

Instead of spending all of the effort necessary to dig yourself a hole in
life, set your heart and mind upon the Lord. So if you find yourself digging
a hole, and want out of the hole, step one is to stop digging. Stop doing
evil, and stop storing up provision for evil (Romans 13:14). Step two is
"live according to the Spirit." That is how you can get out of the hole and
start to really live life, a life filled with peace.

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