Proverbs 19:3
I don’t think God ever intended for His Kingdom to be filled with party poopers. “A joyful heart is good medicine” is from Scripture, after all (Proverbs 17:22).
Followers of Jesus have every right to be the most joyful people on the planet.
But folly is a different story. Folly is a silly, foolish side-road away from God’s best. It’s when we make those idiotic decisions that leave God completely out of the equation. We habitually squander our time on a worthless activity. We spend our money on stuff we don’t need, without asking God how to use His resources in the best way.
The irony is, according to 19:3, it’s our human nature to want to blame God after we’ve gotten ourselves way off track.
Maybe today our prayer should go something like this: “God, help us to know the joy of staying close to You and Your ways. Amen.”
