Constant Guidance from the Lord

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. – Psalm 119:105

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. – Proverbs 3:5-7

Sometimes we think we know it all. We try to make the wrong choices to get this right. We head in the wrong direction hoping to get to the right destination. We take the law into our own hands; get in the driver’s eat of our lives and run the car right into a ditch. We fail to acknowledge the Lord as our God and ask Him for directions as to how to lead our lives. To make matters worse, some of us profess to be Christians but get to guidance from the Word of God. We trust only in the physical – what we can actually see. We often do the right thing and are optimistic about the things of God when things are going our way but the minute difficulties arise, we start to go our own way. In truth it is when things become tough that we ought to move closer to God so that we do not lose hope.

God’s Word remains the same yesterday, today and forever more. We must learn to trust in Him and the instructions He has provided for us in His Holy Word. We are to focus not on what is seen but on what is unseen. For all that we see is temporary but what we cannot see is eternal. God promises us that if we follow Him, He will make our paths straight. He tells us never to take matters in our own hands – if the Bible does not condone an action or a behavior that simply means we must never partake in it – period. We have the Bible, our manual for living available to us. God’s Word is to be the Light that illuminates our paths; that guides us in our journey through this realm.