Proverbs 2:22: No inheritance for you!

“but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.”
-Proverbs 2:22

We’ve been looking at the last two verses of Proverbs 2 the last few times, and we’ve talked about how the Jewish people were promised the land of Canaan, and yet how God would allow foreign powers to come and conquer the land at times when the Jews turned their back on God and followed their own pleasures. We have also seen how these verses also speak to us about heaven.

I think a lot of people today just expect God to accept everyone, no matter what they do or say. Or at very least, most people believe that they are good enough for God. Wherever the cutoff line is, it’s below me!

The Old Testament describes us as harlots in places. It says that we have sold ourselves to the highest bidder. Frankly, some bids were not too high. We have turned away from God for women, for money, for power, for food, for popularity, for football games, for drink, for video games, for work, for anything we can think of. Is it any wonder that God would just kick the Jewish people out sometimes?

What have you put in front of God? Is it one of those things I’ve mentioned, or is it something else?

In truth, we’ve all done it. We’ve all abandoned God for something far less glorious. We have all fled, disobeyed His commands, ignored His Word, and have not acknowledged Him. We have been proud, arrogant, selfish, lustful, and ambitious.

And like spoiled children we demand that God accept us the way we are instead of coming to Him in humility.

How can we lay claim to the Promised Land? We are the wicked that will be cut off.

Except that there is Jesus.

Jesus has the power to move us from the “wicked” category to the “upright” category from the previous verse. When Jesus died, He took on the punishment that we deserve upon Himself. It is as though we were banished, and He went in our place. Except, once He paid for our debt by His Blood, He came back to life and ascended into heaven to prepare a place for us.

If we repent of our sins and believe in Him, we will find life. We will remain in the land forever.