Path to Blessedness

“Where there is no vision, the people perish, but he that keepeth the law, happy is he” (Proverbs 29:18).

People perish (revolt, are unbridled, stripped naked) when there is no vision (revelation of God and His Word). When people neglect reading and obeying the Bible and when the truth of the Lord’s Word is scarce—ministers and teachers do not correctly proclaim and teach God’s Word—there is no vision. When we don’t read, hear, and obey God’s Word, we lose sight of His authority. Our neglect strips us of outward ornaments and protecting armor, exposing shame and leaving us vulnerable to the enemy’s attacks. Our country’s disobedience and rejection of God prove many have no vision, although God is always present. The visionless have turned away from God, run amuck, choosing to go their selfish way, following their easily deceived hearts recklessly. “But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Here, the law referred to is God’s commands, not man’s law. We are obliged to obey our land's man-made rules only if they do not contradict God’s truth. Hearing and obeying God’s Word entitles His children to blessedness.