Proverbs 12:3
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A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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Every man, woman, and family wants to be settled and successful. They want to be securely planted and prosperous into the future. They want to increase and improve over time. But wickedness of any sort will cause a person or family to decay and disappear. Only righteousness can preserve and establish a man or family permanently (10:25).
What is the outlook for you and your family? If there is sin in either, the Lord will root one or both out and destroy it. The righteous Lord blesses and honors righteousness, but He will be froward and terrible to the froward (Ps 18:20-26). The choice is yours, and it is a choice you make each day. What is your future? Your choices today determine it!
Abraham and Lot made choices. Lot chose financial advantage over holiness by pitching his tent toward Sodom. Abraham chose peace and the leftovers. But what happened? Lot lost everything and ended up in a cave with two profane and pregnant daughters; Abraham ended up the rich father of Israel and Jesus Christ! What a difference!
Eli was Israel's high priest. His family could have been priests forever. But he would not stop his perverse sons. What did the Lord say? "For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not" (I Sam 3:13). See also I Samuel 2:27-36 and 3:1-18.
David was the neglected eighth son, but the Lord rooted Saul out and established David and his sons as the dynasty in Israel. His Son sits on the throne of the universe today! God said to David, "And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever" (II Sam 7:16). Read II Samuel 7.
David wrote, "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found" (Ps 37:35-36). Alexander the Great thought he was invincible, but died at 32; and in a few years every relative and descendant were dead. God rooted him out of the earth!
No matter how the wicked do estate planning, God will destroy him and his seed. No matter how weak the righteous may appear, God will preserve his house and seed forever. Do you believe this about the righteous, reader? "Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies" (Ps 112:6-8).
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