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The Right Questions


                Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. (Proverbs 3:7-8) 

          It should be simple. We should support those things in society that have shown themselves to be good for the world and for society, and not support the things in society that either have shown themselves not to be good for the world and for society, or that logically cannot be good. Wisdom would suggest choosing the things that have proven themselves best for the world. 
         Some things are good for society. Some things aren’t. Unfortunately, many people today are so focused on feelings that they insist that whatever accommodates a person’s feelings must be accepted, promoted, and celebrated. They think the things that are good for society are bad for society because they aren’t all-inclusive.  They also think that things that are bad for society are good for society because the standards are lowered far enough that everyone, except those who don’t want to lower their standards, are right.
            What our passage today says is that working within God’s standards promotes good health. Rejecting His standards brings poor health. We see this in our society today. I’m reminded of a video that I’ve discussed before. In their attempt to illustration the effects of racism, they get a bunch of students together for a race. They start handing out “head starts” based on what they call white privilege. Over and over, the questions that determine whether or not you get that head start deny that advantage to African-American kids. That’s why the questions are used. 
            No one seems willing to discuss the fact that the first questions asked regard whether or not the racer comes from an intact, traditional, nuclear family. They recognize that this sets people back, but when the video is over, the focus is on the fact that the “losers” are African American, not on the fact that they come from single parent households. Wisdom begins with asking the right questions.

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