Aug. 18. Two Roads
I think we all know there are many ways to live our lives. We see people all around us living different ways. Some people live for themselves to get what they can. Others try to live “good lives” doing what they think is right. Jesus made it very clear, when you boil it all down there are just two ways to live. God’s way or our way. If your not sure, just ask yourself, “am I living the way God has told me to live?” If the answer is not. “Yes” then your are not living God’s way.
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
Matthew 7:13-14 NIV
In the book of Proverbs we see the words “path” or “way” used over 100 times. Wisdom is so much more than just a person to love and seek after. Wisdom is a way to live. Wisdom is a path to walk that brings life.
“Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,”
Proverbs 2:12-13 NIV
Find Wisdom and walk in the ways of Wisdom and she will lead you to the narrow road of which Jesus spoke.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
It is not through human knowledge that we find the right path. It is only through the Lord our Savior that we have any hope of finding the narrow road. As you read through Proverbs look for the use of the words “way” or “path”. Take note of these words for they are given to us a lamp post to light the way. They light the path on which we are to live our lives.
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