Wisdom Is At My Side

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
WISDOM IS AT MY SIDE
Prov 2:12-15
2 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, 13 who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways, 14 who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil, 15 whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
NIV
I wonder if this implies that some who used to walk the straight path are now walking in darks ways. That surely would require the wisdom of God to discern who and where they would be. I think it might be possible with the aid of the dark lord for these men to have established a false front, a façade in order to hide their evil doings as well as to deceive others into believing they are still following God in order to lure the immature believers away from the real truth. Perhaps the temptation of fame and fortune is more than they can overcome. Wisdom can save me from their evil snare, their plots to overthrow the truth of the Gospel with a perverted version. I think today as in the days of Solomon this wisdom is in the form of the Holy Spirit, who gives the power to discern between the real truth and the true believer and the false teachings of those who have been lured to the dark side. I cannot allow that kind of message to even take any kind of root within my being, I cannot even give one moment of consideration to them and they message, for that would be thinking it might have some merit. I know without question the dark lord knows the scripture and will use men to teach just enough of the real truth intermixed, intermingled with untruth in order to deceive the unsuspecting weak minded believer, those who seem to be tossed back and forth and blown here and there by that cunning and craftiness of those evil men. But wisdom will keep that from happening. Wisdom is by far the key to having a fine tuned heart for the truth of God. With wisdom at my side I can see their true form; I can look behind the façade and see the rotting frame, the crumbling foundation and broken bricks of their lives. How could I survive without this wisdom? I do not think I could. If I were standing alone I believe I would be without that power to see and I might well not only be deceived by their perverse words, but I might well be one of them. But that is not the case; I am not and will not be deceived, for wisdom is at my side and in my heart.