Picking Sides

(Pro 3:32)  For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

I like the marginal reading for “secret” (intimate NASB) (5475).  It says it literally means “His private counsel is.”  Again I think the literal translation is more helpful than the translators trying to interpret it for us.

The context is with those who live in rebellion and disobedience.  The promise is more than a “secret” or intimacy.  When I read about “private counsel” I think about the Counselor, the Advocate, the Paraclete.  I think about the promise of the Holy Spirit.

The “upright” (3477) are promised to have One who walks beside us, teaches us, empowers us and even lives within us. 

On one side you have the crooked, perverted, scorners, oppressors, and wicked.  They have a promise.  So do the righteous.  I think I like the promise God gives us better.

So?  Pick a side.  Bow your knee.  Call on your God.  Receive His counsel.  It is a good way to live the day.