Just an interesting note, today we are starting the reading in Proverbs which we’re not written by Solomon. It’s interesting, but right out of the gate they pacing in the structure of these Proverbs are slightly different.

Here is the verse that jumped out at me today:

28 Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.

Interestingly, it is basically repeated in the next chapter and verse 10:

10 Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.

These are very simple and straightforward versus, essentially just warning us against stealing land from others. In these times, these landmarks would be how property lines were drawn many times.  So, moving a landmark was stealing.

On a fairly unrelated note, it just got me thinking about “cutting corners“ in general; it has me asking the question, “Where in my faith am I not really holding myself accountable to the truth?”

Moving a boundary line/landmark a few feet it’s such a small crime that it’s almost not with mentioning.  However, if you do that little bit of stealing often enough, eventually you’ve stolen a lot. At some point, it is a big deal. The same is true of cutting corners in our faith.  If we don’t hold ourselves to the truth 100%, aren’t we effectively lying to ourselves 100%?

So, this morning, I’m gonna spend some time challenging myself with this idea and with this question.