Proverbs 26:1

 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 who and what you honor:

Proverbs 26:1 (ESV)

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,

so honor is not fitting for a fool.

We spend a lot of time in our society giving honor to people who don't deserve it. We honor them for all the wrong reasons. We honor people in our country not because of the spiritual character but becasue of the physical talent. The reason we have the problems in our society is because you get what you honor in life.  So if you honor fools you get fools. Who we ought to honor is those who fear God and have Godly character. We can't do that in a broken world but we can do it in our homes and our churches and our Christian organziation. But we don't do it there either. We rejoice over athleticism but we are bored with spiritual growth. You can tell who we honor by who and what we celebrate. This proverb is very fitting for homes, schools, organizations and our country. We don't like what we see. We don't like what we have become. It seems odd! It seems out of sync! It seems like ... snow in summer and rain in harvest! Don't give honor to a fool. Reserve honor and celebrate wisdom in Christ.  Celebrate spiritual mindedness.  Give honor to someone who lives in honor of Christ.  When we give honor to those who do not deserve honor we will be seeing snow in summer and rain in harvest time.