The Perfect Day

  [385 words] Most of us have some idea of what it would take to make a perfect day for us. Solomon gave us a key consideration that leads to the perfect day. As he invites his readers to pursue wisdom, he warns against walking in the path of the wicked. In contrast to that way, he says, “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day” (Proverbs 4:18). The word translated “perfect” has varied meanings, but suggests that which is fully prepared or ready. For example, the Lord gave the Israelites advanced warning so that they could make themselves “ready” for the third day when the LORD would appear to them on Mt. Sinai (Exodus 19:11). What is the fully-prepared day to which the path of the righteous is shining? The path of the just from the Old…