Proverbs 4:26-27 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. (27) Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
The New Testament rendition of this verse starts: Make straight paths for your feet.
We are to take an active part in the direction of our life. We are to ponder on our way. We are to consciously make the paths of our lives straight and according to God’s way. We are to live our life consciously. If we do not, we become victims of fate and most importantly, of anyone, including the devil, who will take advantage of our indifferent passivity. If we do not, if we let ourselves be led by every current of wind or emotion; we are then bound to be led in error, and therefore to destruction.
Our do we do this; how do we live our lives consciously; how do we make straight paths for our feet? How do we respond instead of reacting?
When King David found his country besieged, he did not react in the most logical way, which was to send troops to the front. He took the time to respond. He first asked the Lord if he should even attack. When he was done, he also took the time to hear from God on how he should attack. There is even a time when the prophet Isaiah told King Hezekiah that he should not attack against an oncoming army, because God had already taken care of the situation.
In the same way, we must not ‘react’ to the events that come to us hour by hour. We must rather pray and ‘respond’. We must make a conscious prayerful decision in teamwork with Jesus for each one of them. When we do this, we take control of our lives with the power of the Holy Spirit. When we do this, we yield our lives to God, and we give Him full control.
May we learn today to respond and not react. May we learn this day to make straight paths for our feet; to not turn to the right nor to the left from the direction God has put us in. May we learn to invoke and involve you Jesus in each and every one of our responses to life, whether they be in deed or in word.
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