“Save Yourself”
“Save Yourself”
Blessings folk!
Father now moves from the adulteress to giving his son counsel for life.
Pro 6:1-5
My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,
If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Or caught by the words of your mouth,
Then do this, my son, and save yourself:
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.
Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Father is telling son what to do if/when son ensnares himself with his mouth.
- by being a guarantor for a neighbor
- by agreement with a stranger
- by being caught in words from one’s own mouth
Father tells what to do and how.
- save yourself
- humble yourself before your neighbor
- be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.
Free from what?
Your word spoken in haste.
Your guarantee.
Your handshake.
Do not sleep on it.
Do not wait.
Even as a gazelle or bird struggles to be set free from the hand of the hunter or fowler.
Resist.
Struggle.
Find a way!