Proverbs 29:18 says "Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." (KJV). Think about how true that is. Think about how we see that in our day.
The proverb is telling us that by not keeping the laws, precepts or principles through which God teaches us how to live and how to make decisions in our life, we will perish or be cursed. On the other hand, if we have that vision or picture of what God has for us, the wonderful principles that our Creator has given us so that we will know how to live under Him, we will be blessed more than we can ever imagine!
The problem is that many people think they will be free if they can do what they want, when they want, where they want and how they want; all without consequence. That is, of course, the foolishness of man. If we all did that it would be anarchy. We would be living selfishly, for ourselves, and stomping all over each other.
If I wanted to be free to drive 90 miles an hour through town without regard for others, because its what pleases me, and if you want to cross streets against the stop light, and we just happen to meet ... well, it wouldn't be pretty. But we would each be doing what we wanted, we would each be free, right? No, we would pay the consequences for our foolishness.
We can only truly be free if we have standards and principles by which to live. Our Creator, the only one who can truly know, set those principles in place before time began, and He tells us what they are in His word. Let's not loose the vision and perish, living cursed lives. Let's have the vision and keep His law which He gave us because He loves us. Let's study His word and be obedient to it. Then we will truly be free.
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