Proverbs 27:8
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
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If a female bird wanders from her nest, she destroys her young and exposes herself to many dangers. In the same way, men and women who leave or neglect their proper roles are dangerous to the human family and put themselves at risk. Solomon's simile teaches us the wisdom of identifying our God-given responsibilities and faithfully doing them.
The present generation wants change! They are like female birds hating the restrictive life of staying with nests. They want to expand their horizons! They want to test new waters! They want to realize greater potential! They want to explore new vistas! They want to eradicate the old stereotypes (as they call them)! They want to revolutionize the world!
They are like silly birds that leave their eggs to destruction and are snared by the fowler!
What would you think of a mother bird that laid eggs and then left them to wander the skyways for fulfillment? You should think the same thing of these modern birdbrains who want to rework human existence, morality, and relationships!
They say ... boys should play with dolls, and girls should play with guns! Boys should sing in the glee club, and girls should be football players! Boys should wear long hair and earrings, and girls should wear short hair with denim and boots! Boys should be nurses, and girls should be doctors! Boys should be agreeable, and girls should be independent!
So we have women fighter pilots, men as home nannies, college students voting, men having sex with men, labor unions grounding airlines, wives defying husbands, children divorcing parents, policemen tried for roughing up criminals, career women moving their husbands, men learning their feminine side, women judges and governors, illiterate juries ruling in capital cases, and moronic athletes and actors making more than CEOs.
We have girls in the Army writing to waiting guys at home, couples living together before marriage, human bodies burned in incinerators next to pet cemeteries, women voting, deacon boards judging pastors, women trying to lead the home spiritually, athletes thinking they have only a mom, wives working husbands to death to support decorating addiction, women not giving birth until an average fifteen years after puberty begins, women preachers, and girls in the Boy Scouts and Little League. What insanity!
Is the author old-fashioned? Neanderthal? An anachronism? Only as much as expecting birds to stay with their nests and hatch their eggs! Old-fashioned is wisdom! Amen!
Today, mothers abort their unborn babies by premeditated, sadistic, and violent means! Solomon would not need to use a wandering bird as an illustration for this generation! These modern wicked creatures destroy their own young for mere selfish pleasure!
Thus saith the LORD! The woman was made for the man, and she is to be an obedient and submissive wife, with her primary duties at home (Gen 3:16; I Cor 11:9; Titus 2:4-5). If she is restless or resentful of this God-ordained axiom for human success, society immediately begins to deteriorate, her family suffers real pain, and she is miserable!
So-called Christians are doing the same! Silly women are ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth (II Tim 3:6-7). Instead of asking their husbands at home (I Cor 14:34-35), they want to teach their husbands at home! They want greater roles in the church. They want a voice. They want to preach! They run from seminar to seminar to apply their weaker abilities to subjects they will never master, that have no value for human progress, and that undermine established truth.
What is the source of this insanity? Men did not glorify God or give thanks for His truth, so He blinded them to pervert the right way of things and rush after sick perversions like sodomy (Rom 1:18-32). The insane mind of modern man - think Picasso, abortion, rap, and women's liberation - is God's reward for ignoring Him. Our nation wandered into the cesspool of evolution, so the blessed God has turned men over to perversely degrade themselves with all sort of abominations. Lesbians as parents, preachers, and policemen!
Praise His glorious name! There are some things that never change. Jehovah of the Old Testament - think worldwide flood, Sodom burning, and Pharaoh drowning - is one and the same with Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Who reigns over the universe as the High King of heaven! "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever" (Heb 13:8).
The LORD Jehovah of the Bible graphically described a similar situation in Israel - His judgment upon the Jews for their willful rebellion (Is 3:1-26). He took away their mighty men and left women and children to oppress them, which obviously lead them into many foolish errors. He promised to strip the arrogant and haughty women and leave them rotting. Is this too harsh? What would you do to a mother bird that left a nest of eggs?
Reader, are you standing in the place your Creator assigned you? If a woman, are you happy as a loving, obeying, serving, and waiting wife? If a man, do you zealously lead your wife and train your children in the fear of the Lord? If an employee, do you faithfully serve your company's goals rather than your own? If a child, are you thankful for your parents and committed to obeying every request? If a Christian, are you in a church where you worship Jesus Christ in spirit and in truth? Or have you wandered out of the way of understanding and joined the congregation of the dead (21:16)?
Paul said, "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called" (I Cor 7:20). Rather than chafe against the Lord and His ordinances, love and submit to them. They are gifts of divine wisdom to protect, preserve, and prosper the human race. If you choose the modern road of change, you reveal a silly birdbrain that will punish and destroy you.
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