Is Life Per Area or One Dimensional?

We all know people get labeled, like golfer, musician, super smart, egotistical, and shallow. The question is does the fact that people are a certain way in one area, make them that way as a person?

Proverbs 3:35
The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.

Proverbs 9:8
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

When you read proverbs and psalms you will find phrases like....

* the wicked....
* the righteous...
* the fool....
* the wise...

Are you a one dimensional person who can be labeled, or do you find many different things to be true throughout multiple areas of your life?


It seems like when we get into our wicked mode, the scriptures that talk about the wicked seem to apply. When we get into the righteous mode, the mode of acting like a fool, or being wise those scriptures apply to our behavior.

Proverbs 30:32-33 
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

Aaron Neville sang the song "everybody plays the fool" and I believe that is true in everyone's life. We all play the part of the wicked, the righteous, the foolish, or the wise at some time. In some areas we do it more than in other areas.



So many things in life are per area, which makes it hard to measure a persons life on an all encompassing scale. Take as an example the way God describes King David. In Acts 13:22 After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ Then God told David In 1 Chronicles 28:3 But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

If life is per area, then success is per area. We see celebrities that have amazing careers, and not so amazing relationships with their family, spouses, or children. We also see that choices are made per area, and consequences are experienced per area. Sometimes areas leave a mark on our life that is bigger than other areas. What choices are you making in certain area's, that are defining your life as a whole?