Scripture

Don’t envy evil people or desire their company. 

~Proverbs 24:1,NLT

Quote

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

~Stephen R. Covey

We were driving yesterday evening and June said, “Look, there is a beautiful house setting over there that I have never noticed.” Hey, the same thing happens to me all the time. There is an old trailer setting in the woods beside Sue and Eddie’s lot. I had never noticed that trailer until June mentioned it in conversation and the next time I drove by, I looked and there it was–it had been there all the time and I had never seen it. This is not necessarily a bad thing: when I drive my focus in on the road as it should be. If I start looking at houses, then I have taken my focus off the road which is not a good thing.

This world is full of distractions. If we can attracted to the distractions, we will surely fail. We have to keep our focus on the main thing.

• V.1–Don’t envy evil people or desire their company. 
• V.6–Don’t go to war without wise guidance.
• V.12–Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” 
• V.15–Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly.
• V.17–Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall; don’t be happy when they stumble.
• V.19–Don’t fret because of evildoers; don’t envy the wicked. 
• V. 21–Don’t associate with rebels, for disaster will hit them suddenly. 
• V.28–Don’t testify against your neighbors without cause; don’t lie about them.