Proverbs 19:27

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 asking for directions:

Proverbs 19:27 (ESV)

Cease to hear instruction, my son,

and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

If you are lost do you stop and ask for directions? I know most men don’t, but women might be as equally guilty of this poor practice. I stop and ask for directions, but I don’t always listen when they are given. I get back into the car and realize I didn’t hear a word they said. So, I take off and immediately turn the wrong way. So, too, with God’s Word. When we stop listening to God’s Word (instructions) we will eventually veer down the wrong path. People who quit reading His Word; quit listening to it preached; and, stop putting themselves in places where God’s Word is magnified, will eventually find themselves on the wrong path. Stop listening to God’s word and you will find yourself looking for God’s Word. Once I find myself lost, I find a map to lead me back.  You can’t find your way back, however, if you don’t search God’s Word.    God’s Word gives us knowledge and understanding.    Note what Solomon’s father, King David said about God’s Word and our walk with Him through it:

Psalms 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

Without the light of God’s Word we are lost in the darkness of this world.