Proverbs 4:7 “Ludicrous”

Wisdom is the principal thing;

Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding

Definition of the word “ludicrous”

-So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing or ridiculous.

-the word comes from a Latin word meaning sportive, playful, silly causing laughter.

Lord Londonderry and his castle in Ireland:

One of the great old castles of Ireland came to a sudden and bizarre end. The ancient home of the Castlereagh family fell into decay and the family no longer lived in it. As the castle sat there uninhabited, it fell into the hands of scavengers. When a peasant wanted to build something, the ready-made stones of the castle would be used for their various building projects. One day the only surviving heir of the Castlereagh family, Lord Londonderry, visited his castle. When he saw the scavenged state of his beloved ancestral home, he determined to put an end to the robbing of its materials.

Lord Londonderry called his agent and gave him the orders and assignment to build a protective wall around the Castle of Castlereagh. He gave the orders that the wall was to be six feet tall so this would keep out the trespassers. Lord Londonderry left while the wall was being built. He returned four years later. Upon his return he was surprised to see that his beloved castle was gone, completely disappeared with nothing left. But what Lord Londonderry did see was a huge wall enclosing the empty space of where the castle formerly was.

As you could image Lord Londonderry was upset and demanded an explanation from his agent. He wanted to know why his orders were not carried out. But the agent insisted that he follow the Lord’s orders to the letter. The Lord asked, “but where is the castle?” The agent said, “I built the wall with it.” “Why go for miles to hunt stones when the finest stones in Ireland were right beside me.”  Lord Londonderry had his wall but lost his castle to have it. Without the castle the wall meant nothing.

What good is building a wall of protection if we must destroy the very thing the wall was intended to protect? May we not let anything tear down our beloved castle to build a wall.

A man observed one man digging a hole and walking 8’ and always repeating the process.

While another man came right behind the first man and he would fill up each hole.

So, the man that observed all this happen, stopped them to ask what they were doing.

This is the answer he got from the workers:

I am Gus and I dig the hole and Ron would plant a tree and Tom here fills the hole.

But Ron is off today.

5 signs you may be tearing down your castle because you are trying to build walls.

1. You spend more time talking about your war rather than your promise of victory.
2. You spend more time talking about your doubts rather than your faith in GOD.
3. You spend more time focusing on your enemy than orders from your King.
4. You spend more time believing God is out to get you than you letting Him have you.
5. If God is the owner of your castle, His hedge of protection is stronger than your wall.

Matthew 7:13-14

¹³ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. ¹⁴ Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

What you do in life is based on who is in charge of your life.

Proverbs 4:10-19

¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life will be many.
¹¹ I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
¹² When you walk, your steps will not be hindered,

and when you run, you will not stumble.
¹³ Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; Keep her (wisdom), for she is your life.

¹⁴ Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil.
¹⁵ Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn away from it and pass on.
¹⁶ For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.
¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the just is like the shining sun,
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.