Proverbs 10:25

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 our security as believers:

Proverbs 10:25 (ESV)

When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more,

but the righteous is established forever.

There is nothing more revealing to man than a storm in life.   We know very little about people until they are tossed into adversity, or a storm of trouble comes their way.   Like a real storm the winds and torrents of life tear apart all that is weak, useless and fake.   The beauty of a home made out of aluminum, wood and mortar can be flattened by the wind.   What people trusted in and prided themselves around can be gone, in just a few seconds.   This proverb is telling us the same thing about life.   A trouble in life will destroy the wicked because they can only trust in temporal things.   But, the righteous, who trusts in God, has a sure and steadfast foundation.  No storm of life can remove God as our foundation.   Because the wicked trust in themselves and their own possessions they  can't survive a violent storm.  This is where believers have an advantage in life and where we should excel.  Instead of fretting over difficulty the righteous should show that they are resilient and measured in trials.  We ought not to panic and act in shock disbelief.   We have an everlasting foundation.   Let's live our life the same in the storm as we do in the sunshine.   We have an anchor and foundation that can't be moved.  God loves us. He will NEVER allow any trouble to hurt us that He has no design for in our life.  If He designed the trouble (and He did), He also designed the trouble to impact us the way He wants.   The wicked, in trouble have no such thoughts.  They will soon perish.  The righteous (those declared righteous by God ... Romans 4-5) have no fear of trouble. We know it is a tool, chosen and designed by God, to conform us to the image of His Son.