Daily Readings in Proverbs

Today we are looking at chapter 29 of Proverbs in our daily reading.

Verse 6 says "An evil man is snared by his own sin, but a righteous one can sing and be glad."
The problem with sin is that it always catches up with us. We may not suffer its full destructive power, but it will "snare" us at some point. That might simply be the guilt that we feel for having done something that we knew we shouldn't have or the experience that sin degenerates the unity that we are to have with God. The corollary that this verse tells us is that the righteous one (the one in on-going right relationship with God) is free, that one can sing and be glad because they know and experience the growing unity they have with God, others, and within themselves. This is why scripture gives us so many admonitions to choose God and not to sin. As our Father, God does not want us to have to suffer the consequences of sin, instead he desires that we experience eternal (fullness) of life in each moment.
- Pastor Pete