"The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out" (Proverbs 10:8-9).
You and I will either listen to wise counsel and obey the commands we are given by God or we won't. There is such a thing as a babbling fool who won't keep his mouth shut long enough to listen. The end result for such a fool is ruin. Proverbs warns against this so many times, it is hard to keep count.
If we are truly wise, we will keep our mouths shut and our ears open. We will listen to what the Lord tells us about life and take it to heart. Once we do that, we start walking through life with amazing integrity. To have integrity, one must be sincere. The Greek word for "sincere" means "without wax." It has to do with pottery makers who sell pots without cracks in them. Sometimes, if a pot had a small crack in it, the potter would fill it with wax to conceal it. If you bought a pot "without wax" you were buying a pot that had integrity.
The fool who will not keep quiet long enough to grow wise has to fill in the cracks of his life with "wax." He, we are told, will be found out sooner or later.
The fact of the matter is simple; we are all cracked pots. The wise person is the one who will listen to the teaching of the Lord while obeying His commands. It is through the grace of God, leading to his obedience, that a person finds healing. It is through ignoring the grace of God, leading to his disobedience, that a person finds ruin. He has no other option than to try to fill the cracks of his life with "wax." This, we are told, will lead to disaster.
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