"As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor." Ecclesiastes 10:1

This verse came to mind when I heard the announcement of NY governor Eliot Spitzer's resignation upon revelation of his adulterous activity. I don't mean to suggest that his behavior equaled "a little folly." Nor do I mean to suggest all his "legal" activity as attorney general and governor was above reproach; I have no comment on those issues.

I'm simply saying to all of you pastors, elders, deacons and seminarians that it doesn't take much folly -- just a little -- to wipe out years of otherwise faithful service. Folly is weightier, it seems, than wisdom and honor. We're called to avoid even a little of it.

How many pastors have been wiped out and sidelined from the gospel fight because of a little folly? I pray that this rising generation of men would be different. Flee, brothers, flee from folly!

Psalm 119:1 says, "Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord."