WEDNESDAY March 26th
Now as we continue with the devotions regarding our Christian walk of faith, I did a brief and very basic study on this subject over 20 years ago when I was pastoring in Suffolk and I am going to adapt and add to those studies for these devotions and so I will present them a little different to my usual devotions in that I will end each one with an application and some further scriptures.
Today is ‘Walking the right path’.
Isaiah 30:21
‘And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.’
Once we have got onto the narrow way, we need to ensure that we continue to walk on the right path. And we can consider it this way, each day what way or in which way are you walking, your own way or God’s way?
We are living in a busy world, with so much going on all around us, there is so much that is constantly demanding our attention, so much so, that if we are not careful will distract us. It is essential that we keep listening out for the voice of God giving us direction and this could come in several ways, through our personal times of prayer, our reading of God’s word, the internal conviction of the Holy Spirit, even when we are in fellowship with other believers, and as we hear the word of God being preached.
We are reminded in the well-known verse Proverbs 3:5-6 that as we trust in the Lord and acknowledge him in all our ways, that is in and with everything that we seek to do, that he will direct our paths. (‘Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths’) Notice it is not a suggestion, it is an instruction.
Application: Are you being distracted from hearing God’s direction for your life? If yes, what is causing the distractions? What must you do to put it right?
We can learn from the instruction that God gave to Israel:
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
‘“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”’
You can also turn to and read:
1 Samuel 3:1-10, Jeremiah 6:16, Hebrews 12:1-3