Tuesday’s Blog – The influence of oppressive behavior

Tuesday’s Blog – The influence of oppressive behavior

Proverbs 3:31-32 – Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways; for the perverse are an abomination to the LORD, but His secret counsel is with the upright.

Bible Challenges and Comments

Being around a person who is oppressive is strategically dangerous; while growing up we are influenced by those people whom we love and respect and by those whom we want to love but are afraid of. The years of a child (and we adults know this) are filled with opportunity to trust the ways of the adult and in learning the ways to trust those we love, we also learn the ways of those whom we do not trust. 

Solomon in Proverbs most always speaks as a father to a son, I think that this is called a “first person singular” conversation and my understanding is that in order to speak or write this way there must be first-hand “experience” in one’s own life before writing or speaking. Our communication of writing or speaking of things of no experience are seldom spoken or recorded of, lest you be found a liar.

A quick example: A while back I took a part time position as a writer of “technical books” like how to outfit or build military boats and ships. (The job only lasted a few months) I enjoyed the challenge of searching the various information available to me as some of it was classified. Since I did not have any “first-hand experience” at equipping or building small attack boats or larger vessels of war the research took all of my time and writing on some days was none existent. This was a problem since part of the “job description” was to complete one full page of written instruction daily.

A five year tenure in a school, a culture, a prison or any other camp or place of internment would not be oppressive or influential – IT IS OPPRESSIVE AND INFLUENTIAL. Anyone who has spent time incarcerated in the enemy’s prison camp will tell you of the overwhelming influence of this sort of oppressive training. Whether or not a person loves or hates those who are influencing those means little; we call it “brain washing”. Even in our local jails, if a person stays just three years in prison, the influence of being there and returning is very strong and it is said that 75% return to prison, not because of crime (although crime returns them) but because they are influenced or miss prison life.

One reading of the Book of Daniel proves at least TWO things. (1) God is in control, and (2) He will use mankind to fulfill His Plan. So as we who TRUST in God see the events of our day unfold; we are the only ones who can discuss the current events with a “first person singular” knowledge of the One we Love, who is preparing our future; who in using the captured and the released to bring a nation such as ours to our knees, either by victory of the enemy’s oppression; or by victory through the influence of prayer to God in whom we trust. God will put us on our knees one way or the other.

We live in times “EXCITING” I would hope that all who read this understand this.