Role Models

Proverbs 23:17

          Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous
          for the fear of the LORD.

While driving home from church with my boys, the subject of rap artists came up, particularly about an artist recently released from prison. The boys agreed that he was not releasing any good music anymore. Another artist recently started serving time and the boys predicted that he would be dead within a year of being released. It is amazing that such people are revered as role models. Even though their end is almost always sure ruin, these artists constantly get new fans who adore them.

Thankfully the writer to the Proverbs gives us a great alternative. Those who are zealous for the Lord and all his ways will find favor. We need to focus our sights on the proper role model, not on those who will fail us and not deliver the satisfaction they promise. The heart that is set on the fear of the Lord will find a hope and a future.