Proverbs 2:13

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about God keeping us safe on the path:

Proverbs 2:13 (ESV)

who forsake the paths of uprightness

to walk in the ways of darkness,

God doesn't leave us abandoned on this journey.   God knows we are vulnerable and subject to the powers of darkness, the system of the world and the evilness of the heart.   We don't have what it takes, alone in ourselves, to withstand these forces.  Satan roams the world to devour believers.   That roaming is real.   That desire to devour is real.   In Luke 22:31 we read about Jesus telling Peter that Satan desired to "sift him like wheat."  Job was attacked by Satan.   His entire family was lost.  In the above proverb we read that God's wisdom is intended to "keep" us from those who leave the path.   God's wisdom is designed to keep us from those who "walk in the ways of darkness."  We read the Proverbs and the rest of Scripture because as we internalize their truths we are transformed by the Spirit, who inter-twains their message with our life.  Notice how the writer of Hebrews states it:

Hebrews 8:10 (ESV)

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, declares the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds,

and write them on their hearts,

and I will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

God is writing these truths on our heart and mind.    That allows the fruit from wisdom to keep us from evil.   Absorbing wisdom allows us to be protected from leaving the path.   Believing the truth of wisdom will keep us from darkness.   We must realize that as we read the Proverbs we are Spiritually strengthened.