Bible reading: Proverbs 26
“Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him” – Proverbs 26:27 (KJV)
He that devises mischief against others it shall come upon him: The allusion is to the digging of pits for catching wild beasts, which are slightly covered with earth, and which sometimes the pursuers, through inadvertency, fall into themselves. The passage seems to be taken from (Psalms 7:15-16). And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him; He that rolls a stone up hill, if he does not take care, it will return back, and fall with great force upon him. so the mischief which a wicked man labours hard at, as men do in digging a pit, or rolling a stone, in time rolls back upon themselves. The measure they mete out to others is measured back to them.
Let us see the case of Abimelech; who slew threescore and ten persons on one stone, and was himself killed with a piece of a millstone cast upon him, (Judges 9:18,53), For the wicked (the pit digger and the stone roller) the bible says, “His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate” – Psalm 1:16(KJV). For every evil and wickedness committed by man it shall also come upon him, hence we are admonished to live free of evil and wickedness as Christians. Evil and wickedness are products of darkness that has the potential of returning to the doer. As Christians, we are to practice and preach love which is a product of light and does not fail. It endures and is kind. This was the example of love that our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated and left for us to emulate and practice.
Prayer: Everyone that digs a pit for me, will themselves fall in it. In the name of Jesus. Amen!!!
Pastor Oladiran Oladipo