It was 7:54 A.M. Thursday morning and I had an 8:00 appointment at Clinton Middle School. When I pulled up something seemed wrong. There wasn’t enough activity. Children should have been moving. The parking area should been a beehive of activity. Turning off the car I slowly got out and headed for the front door and then it hit me. I was at Clinton Elementary School. Right time. Wrong place. Fortunately for me the right place was only five minutes away.
History has not been so kind to others who have been in the wrong place. We would all have been much better off if Eve hadn’t been at the wrong place. Samson would have been a lot better off if he hadn’t been at the wrong place. It was a place he chose to go even after she had betrayed him prior to his final fall. How often are major mistakes made because we allow ourselves to be or worse yet go to the wrong place. Psalm 1 says it so well. “Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.” It’s all about being in the wrong place and usually by choice. So often we arrogantly think we are strong enough when we are absolutely no match for the master tempter.
Wisdom is found in the next verse. “His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” God’s law is wisdom. It is there to protect us. God only wants the best for us. We can help Him by being in the right place.
Written by Roger Bothwell on November 16, 2009
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