PROPER PATH

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

All day long today we will be presented with "roads".

Some that go right and some that go, no NOT LEFT, but WRONG. Continuously over the course of our day we will need to make choice after choice, decision after decision, and pick "road after road". And while some may be innocuous, like whether to have WINGS or a salad, others will be little more impactful.

And it is in choosing those impactful "roads" that we need some DIRECTION!

The good news is that GOD, yes GOD, has mapped out rock-solid road for each of us. His SPIRITUAL GPS is set to a course that is steady, that is true, and that is safe. All we must decide is if we want to follow it or head down our own trail.

We read that:

Psalm 119

You’re blessed when you stay on course,

walking steadily on the road revealed by God.

You’re blessed when you follow his directions,

doing your best to find him.

That’s right—you don’t go off on your own;

you walk straight along the road he set.

You, God, prescribed the right way to live;

now you expect us to live it.

Oh, that my steps might be steady,

keeping to the course you set;

So that sure seems the way to go doesn’t it?

However even though we see GOD’s directions, hear GOD’s directions, even know GOD’s directions we will still choose not to follow them? Why is that you think?

It is pretty simple. We like being in control and GOD, being the gentleman that He is, will let us set the course on our whims even though we all know what usually happens when we plan the path.

We pick paths full of:

Potholes.

Breakdowns.

Wrecks.

Accidents.

Delays.

In other words, the WRONG roads.

Doesn’t make much sense does it?

Especially when GOD has proven and promised again and again that His road will lead us to happiness!

Joseph Smith Jr. says it this way…

“Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.”

Look, I don’t know where you may think you may be going today.

However why not pause just for a second before you journey forward and listen for GOD’s direction.

Jeremiah 7:23

‘Obey My voice... Walk in all the way that I tell you, that it may be well with you.’

He will point you to the proper path and the right road for you!

I love you all!

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney