Who's Lighting Your Path?

20 April, 2013

"The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall." (Hosea 14:9)
We all want the same thing: fulfillment. We have an innate desire to feel needed, loved, and precious. Everyone wants to understand their purpose and know that there's a point to this life.

Why, then, is everyone choosing different decisions? You'd think that after many millenniums we'd have our purpose figured out by now. Why are there so many different religions? Why do some choose to believe wholeheartedly while others blatantly ignore?
According to Scripture, we're all born without a spiritual vision, living with an imbedded sinful nature. Unable to distinguish truth from falsehood through our own strength, God invites us to walk with Him on a path to His heavenly kingdom. Along the way, He offers everything we've ever wanted: security, compassion, and purpose. In this, our search is over!

But, unfortunately, that same path that gives born-again Christians discernment and direction is a path of "total darkness" for those who don't trust in Christ Jesus. Without knowing the truth, the sinful "have no idea what they're stumbling over." (Proverbs 4:19) On the same paths that Christians walk and flourish, non-Christians will fall and slip up, and it's inevitable considering they are not equipped to handle the conditions. Through grace, God shines His light on the path. But first, you must allow him to by accepting all He stands for.

Humans can either listen to the Message and follow God's way, which is the only real way, or they can pridefully refuse, insisting they can handle walking their own path by blindly trusting in their broken strength.

This life has only one truth, serving as the light that shines on our lives. Those who think they can live in the dark will never achieve true completion. God is the only one with the map out of this crazy maze we call life, permanently sparing us from dead-ends.

Human confusion ends through nothing but the Lord. Rejoice, for "the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light!" (Matthew 4:16) God asks us to cease our questioning by submitting to follow His lighted path.

"I will guide you along the best pathway for your life... I will watch over you."
(Psalm 33:8)