Proverbs 5:22

The book of Proverbs gives us a lot of instruction on a lot of different subjects. One subject that can keep us in God’s wisdom is Godly Follower-ship. Who we follow; where we follow; how we follow are all spoken about in Proverbs. Here is one of them about the future:

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Unbelievers don't think they have much to worry about.  They seem to live carefree and footloose ... Ask the poet Aspah (Psalm 73).  The wicked gather their treasures and embrace their risks. They seem to fear nothing, especially God.  They walk through life with nothing to think about but today. Their only concern about the future is what will retirement look like and will I have enough to sustain my desired lifestyle while doing nothing at all in life.   They live in their own bubble hoping for the best and acquiring everything they can to get it.  While believers fret and worry about how God feels about them the unbeliever never gives a thought to God's presence, God's promises and certainly not His punishments. Yet, in the above proverb we read the real story. The sins of the wicked eventually catch him/her. He cannot escape his own cords. The future is bleak for the wicked.  He must use the world now to reduce his pain.  To decrease the pain that is coming he increases the pleasure that is here.  The future of the wicked is death.  They may not show it but their inward captivity to sin is radiant in their behavior.  In the end, the fruit comes to bear.   You can know the root by the type of fruit you see.  If someone spends their life in seeking pleasure and living for today, they will never hear these words from God: 

“Well done, good and profitable servant.”