Prov 2:7 – "[God] holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield for those who walk blameless . . .” But there are those who do not walk “blameless”; in fact hardly any of us do. As we walk near or into areas where we could be tainted by things or actions that might cause blame, we are putting at risk what success God has “in store for the upright”.
God has been generous to give me a degree of success. Yet for the success I have I know I have not been blameless. This leads me to wonder: How much more success might I have had?
This is not a time to regret things of the past, but a time to concentrate on being upright, to avoid paths I know lead past items of “blame”.
To flirt with areas for which you could be justifiably blamed for sin is to risk your success. It is like walking too close to an edge of a cliff. You don’t hear happy stories about people who walk too near the edges of cliffs.
