“These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood…. (Feet that be swift in running to mischief). (Proverbs 6: 16, 17, 18b)
Before we were born again, every single one of us had feet that were swift in running to mischief. Most men like to think that before they were saved they were basically good people, but for those of us who blew it big time, we don’t have that delusion often. God says that no man upon the earth is righteous on his own. None of us understood God or sought after Him. (Romans 3:10-11) Not only did we manage to get into mischief but we also ran to it. This truth flies in the face of our assumption that we were inherently good people before being born again. Once we became followers of Jesus, we received His righteousness, but we must be cautious not to delude ourselves into thinking that we are righteous on our own accord. Our salvation is a gift from God, given by grace through faith. Our works are as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6), so we cannot boast that salvation came by anything that we did. “He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.” (I Corinthians 1:31) The Lord God hates feet that run to mischief because it is the epitome of man’s rebellious attitude toward God. Sin necessitated that Jesus had to die on Calvary’s cross. His unfathomably cruel death came as a direct result of our disobedience. When men continue to run to mischief and refuse to accept the completed redemptive work of Jesus, the Father becomes angry. Neither is there salvation in any other: “for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12). No longer should men of God run to mischief, but we should flee even the appearance of evil.
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