As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so
honour is not seemly for a fool (Proverbs 26:1).
For the turning away of the simple shall slay
them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy
them (Proverbs 1:32).

A fool and honor are like oil and water—they do
not mix. The Bible does not say that prosperity ruins
a person. It says it ruins the fool. The key to this situation
is, don’t be a fool.

How do you know you are not a fool unless you go
to the Bible and find out what a fool is? One thing we
know already about a fool is that he is dishonorable.
He does not know the honor of God.
Honor does not look right to a fool. It just makes
no sense to him.

We have been “blessed” in recent years with an
outstanding work of foolishness called situation
ethics. If there ever was a concept imbued with the life of
a fool, it’s situation ethics.

Basically, situation ethics says that right isn’t
always right and wrong isn’t always wrong—it
depends on the circumstances or the situation. It is
really an excuse to be dishonorable. I guarantee you,
the person who thought up this theory does not really
believe it himself. It seems right, however, to anyone
who does not have the honor of God inside him to
influence his thinking.

Recently, I was praying over a situation that had
to do with a young, born-again man who had gotten
into some serious trouble. Everybody around him was
totally shocked by what he had done. They knew he
had committed his life to God and the ministry. There
was no question about it.

The worst thing about the whole situation was
how he felt about what he had done. He could not
understand that he had done wrong.
When I heard about it, I prayed, “What’s the matter
with him? Has he taken leave of his senses?”
No, the Lord answered, he’s dishonorable. You have
a whole generation of honorless people. They don’t
know anything about honor.

There are such people in all segments of society
today. We see them everywhere. In every area of life
there are dishonorable men and women. Even our
ministers and spiritual leaders are not immune to
dishonor, as we have seen all too often.

We must always be on our guard lest we too fall
prey to the devil’s devices. We must be careful to keep
our eyes on the Lord and our feet on the path of honor.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries