Vision

A modern young woman, caught in bed with her lover, became furious when her husband discovered the affair, beat the adulterer, and threw him out; she called the police and demanded his arrest for violating her “privacy” and “rights.” Outraged when the officers refused, she saw the social order not her sin as the problem. This is precisely what Proverbs 29:18 (Berkeley Version) warns about: “Where there is no vision the people run wild; but happy is he who keeps the law.” When prophetic vision faithful preaching of God’s Word is absent, people define “rights” by their desires rather than by God’s law, and society unravels. Like millions today, this young adulteress was angry at righteousness and blind to her own guilt, because she lived without the corrective light of Scripture. With many voices clamoring for attention, the question remains: are you guided by God’s Word, or are you choosing blindness and running wild with no vision?