Not To the Left, Not To The Right
Deuteronomy 5:33 Walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Often when someone is giving me directions as we travel, they say, just go straight. As I am about to run off the road at the next curve, I find that they really do not mean what they say. They still want me to go left or right around every curve we come to. What they are really saying is, they do not want me to turn off the road we are travelling.
God is the saying the same to us. Certainly, on our road of life, there are many curves we must travel around, or we will run off the road, and our lives will be wrecked. Conversely, there are other times in our lives where we need to decide which road to take. Despite the need to make a decision, there is path that God is leading you down. What do you do when God leads you to a fork in the road? I have found that God wants to lead us, and we must trust him to guide us. Proverbs 3:5&6 says... Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lead not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths. Do we really believe that?
K and A, there is a path that God wants you to take. I look less for the "perfect" plan, and I look more for the way he has already shown me. Is it right for us to cheat on our taxes and not claim monies received for work done "under the table"? No, he has already shown us the path of honesty. Do not swerve from what he has already shown you. Abide by these Ten Commandments. Do not swerve from any of them, even commandment number 4. Do this even when other "good" people you know choose not to do so. And, Listen to his voice of leading, trust his way, then walk on the path he has for you. You will find it the best road to travel!
~Dad
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