Influence & Places We Go
by Harry Osborne
August 29, 2010

If we are trying to do right, there are some places that we just do not go. For instance, we have no business in a "crack house" if we are not looking for drugs. We have no business in a porno shop if we do not wish to pollute and pervert our mind. There is a harmful influence exerted by even being in the wrong place.

The book of Proverbs speaks of this fact repeatedly (see Proverbs 2). It depicts life as being a journey upon one of two distinct paths. On either path, we are said to be in distinct associations which influence our actions.

The "way of goodness" is the road traveled by those seeking to do right. It is also referred to as "the paths of life" or "the paths of righteousness." Those who walk in this way are said to seek and find wisdom.

The "way of evil" is traveled by those who turn away from the right way revealed by God. Other terms like "the ways of darkness" and "the paths of death" are used to describe that environment of sin. Those who walk in the way bring themselves to spiritual death and aid others towards that same end. Much of the Bible reaffirms the horrible influence of being in the wrong place with the wrong surroundings.

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