Avoiding Detours
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. - Proverbs 3:5-6
I turned off the interstate to get gas for my car. I was returning from a speaking engagement and it was very late. As I turned onto the road, I looked for the entrance ramp to get back on the interstate. It was dark and I could not see any signs. I made a turn to the right that appeared to be the turn I needed to make. I could see the interstate was next to the road. As I continued down this road, the interstate was on my left. It soon became obvious it was not the entrance road but rather a frontage road. I assumed it would take me to the next interchange. However, the road soon turned away from the interstate. It grew darker and darker. The road became a dirt road. I realized I was not going to get to the interstate on this road. Being a bit frustrated that I had made the wrong turn, I turned around and went back, losing valuable time.
It is easy to make assumptions about the path we are on. If God's Spirit has not enlightened our reasoning, we are inclined to make the wrong choices. Our choices seem right at the time, but later we discover these choices have led us away from God because they were based on our own reasoning.
Acknowledge God in all your ways today. Lean completely on Him to reveal His direction for your life. If you do so, He will direct you to the desired destination He has for you.
(by Os Hillman, from Today God Is First, Destiny Image Publishers, Inc. Copyright 2000)
1 comment:
Hi Chris.
Many thanks for your kind words to me.
I hope I have not overdone this comment, it's a post from my blog I thought relevant.
Deuteronomy 30:19.
In life, we have many directions in which we can turn-not all of them good for us. But then none of us would go off in a direction that would lead to badness for us...or would we?
Some of the turnings we encounter are unmarked, and if chosen we must tread carefully upon their paths. Again, most directions we follow in life are clearly signposted and we have no exscuse for not understanding where we are headed.
So it is in our scripture passage.
The Word of God is His Truth to us as His called out ones. We must have faith that this is true, and then prove our faith by doing what the Word says.
Do we really need God to tell us through His Word to choose life? Surely only a fool would choose death?
However, in choosing life we must not live one where we sit about or soak ourselves in the streams of worldly pleasures and gain. Our life must be worthwhile and productive.
We must seek to live according to God's Word, to live life in obedience to Him, and to allow not one day to pass us by without rejoicing in God and all He has done for us in Christ.
God Bless.
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