Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers. (Proverbs 22:28 NIV)

          I have read this verse many times as I read a Proverb a day, but I must admit I haven’t taken time to really figure out what the verse means until now.

          According to Matthew Henry, commenting on this passage, “We may infer hence that a deference is to be paid, in all civil matters, to usages that have prevailed …in which it becomes us to acquiesce, lest an attempt to change it, under pretense of changing it for the better, prove of dangerous consequence.”

          For some, it seems change is always better.  Do we have that attitude?  I have lived long enough to see many changes in our society, in our churches, and in our personal lives.  As I read Scripture, I am impressed with how holy worship was considered to be.  When people entered the temple, they were filled with awe.  God held a place of authority and sanctity.  Today I watch people enter a time of prayer or a worship service with almost an air of casualness or jocularity. The boundary stone has been moved.  We need to ask ourselves WHY are we moving the boundary stone.

          I could mention other obvious changes, but I won’t.  Let us pray that as we enter a time or place of worship, we will see the need to prepare our hearts to meet God Himself.  Habakkuk 2:20,  BUT THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE; LET ALL THE EARTH KEEP SILENCE BEFORE HIM.

Marilyn Willett Heavilin

Writer for “Real Victory for Real Life” 
365 Devotional Thoughts in the Spirit of America’s Keswick
VOLUME 2
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