No Standing, No Stopping, No Parking

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
NO STANDING NO STOPPING NO PARKING
Prov 7:6-9
6 At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice. 7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment. 8 He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house 9 at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
NIV
The beginning of a longer story about this youth and a woman of the night starts here. I cannot include the whole story at once, but I feel I should first deal with this youth, this young man who lacks judgment. Is this not the story of a new born believer who still has so much to learn about the ways of God? Is this not the story of an immature believer who has yet to gain wisdom and understanding regardless of age, in the physical as well in the spiritual realm? Is this not the story of seeing just how close to the ways of the world a believer can get and still be a believer? I see this story playing out not for the good of the believer. It seems so clear for the need to stay clear of that corner. It seems way too clear I should avoid even walking along in the direction of her house. How more clearly can it be that a believer endeavors to hide any movement in the direction of her house in the fading of light? If I lack wisdom and understanding I need only ask God, but that is because I know I lack it. The youth do not even know it. They lack the judgment to know how to find wisdom and understanding. I don’t think it matters how long I have been a Christian, as far as having judgment. I think it matters how one decides to seek after the ways of God or to stray down that street close to the ways of the world. I think only an immature believer would think they could get that close without getting drawn into her trap. Yet I think it is possible I could let down my guard and find myself strolling in that direction. It is not easy to keep away from the ways of the world. It requires strength and determination to stay clear. It requires dedication to God, his word, his ways. There is no question that his ways are not the ways of the world. Why would I even what to get close to her, she is bad for me, she is evil she will bring death to my life. No I am not a youth, I am not an immature believer, I know the location of wisdom and understanding and I need but hang around that house, the house of the Lord. No standing, no stopping, no parking on her corner.