Show
me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm
25:4-5
Thoughts~
Paths have been symbols of my walk with the Lord for a
long time. When I see one in a
photograph I am immediately drawn to it.
In real life, I tend to wander down paths as much as I am able to. Since
most paths aren’t straight, I knew the words “straight paths” did not refer to
a truly straight path by description; it must mean to stay on the “straight and
narrow” path.
When I finally decided to search a little deeper using
a Bible concordance and dictionary, I found I was partially correct but in
addition, it means the right path in this particular verse. The opposite, of
course is a wrong path.
Sometimes, in my past, God allowed me to wander off on
my own path and I would stumble, falling flat on my face. It’s easy to see
something glittery down a wrong path that captures our attention and before we
know it, we are running in the opposite direction of where the Lord wants us to
go. After my last major path accident, I have made it my life mission to know
Proverbs inside and out, to seek wisdom and to stay focused.
But you know what?
The very minute I take my eyes, my heart, my mind, off the Lord, I can
take that slippery path again. And as much as I want to blame the enemy of God
for misleading me, it’s usually just my own self will that gets me in
trouble. Fortunately, God forgives us
and sets our feet in the right direction as many times as He needs to . . . as
long as we ask Him to forgive and help us.
Action~
Picture a path with markers along the way. These
markers will have words such as righteousness, holiness, honesty, morality,
wisdom, love, hope, purity. Now picture another path that has markers that say
evil, lies, sin, filth, hate, foolishness, adultery.
I guess that’s all we need to figure out which path we
need to take.
Pray~
You, God, are the Director of our Paths. Show us how to follow Your right paths all
the days of our lives. Keep us from the wrong paths and fill us with wisdom so we know the difference.
Trusting the Lord,
Becky
Thank you, Becky. Thank You Lord for loving us, guide and direct our feet to Your door.
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