The Moveable Ways

Proverbs 5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Looking at this verse in Proverbs, which is talking about the "strange woman," I had a couple of thoughts on it that I wanted to share. While the specific context is referring to the strange woman, the principles can be applied to any temptation from the devil.

The verse says that her ways are moveable. They don't stay the same; they are ever changing. We can be sure that, although the root of the temptations end up being the same, Satan does not attack in the same way. One day he might be tempting you with laziness by giving you a way out of getting some work done that you should do. The next day he might tempt you, when you don't have much work, to do nothing at all. The ways of the strange woman don't stay the same - that would be too easy for you to identify and stay away from them. They are moveable.

Another way I apply this verse, is that when I am on the "way" to her house, it is moving. I think of those bridges that are at some of the parks. You know, the kind that move and go back and forth as if you were on a big rope bridge. When you're walking across that bridge, your mind shifts from simply getting to the other side, to trying to keep your balance and not fall down. Well, the "bridges" you get on while following the strange woman are the same. She doesn't want you to have time to stop and think, and meditate on what you're doing. Instead, she shakes the bridge from the other side, so that you're too distracted to realize that the path you're on is the path to hell (Prov 5:5).

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise. Redeeming the time because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Let's walk circumspectly, identifying her ways, and at all times, let's not get distracted but keep our eyes focused on the will of the Lord.

Just a thought...