Threshing floor

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

THRESHING FLOOR

Prov 20:26

26 A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.

NIV

This has nothing to do with the old method of threshing used during the time of Old Testament living. This is all about God being the wise King and at the end times at the last judgment he will separate the wicked from the righteous. The Psalmist says just about the same thing when he penned:

Ps 1:4-5

4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

NIV

We have to know the wicked are those who do not accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, for not one of us could stand as righteous before God on our own merit. The only way we can be counted as the righteous is being in Christ. God will separate those of us in Christ from those who are not. The threshing wheel does, in some sense, represent the wrath of God which he will drive over the wicked. What this means to we believers is that some people will perish. This should motivate us to share the gospel message with as many as we can so they will have the opportunity to escape the pending wrath of God. Of course for the most part we think we need to share the love of God with non-believers. We think we need to tell them how God will bless their lives. How much better their lives would be if they became a Christian seems to be our most convincing argument. But maybe we need to tell them they will escape the threshing wheel of God by accepting Jesus. It is really his love which he demonstrated by sending Jesus to be the ultimate sacrifice to satisfy his justice for sin. We also can rejoice that we are not counted as the wicked and have accepted his provision for our salvation. But let us not forget those who have not heard the choice they have to make. Some have not heard and how will they hear unless someone tells them? How can anyone tell them if they are not sent? We all have been sent to tell the Good News about Jesus. Let us help someone escape the threshing floor of God.