Will You Walk This Path?
July 8, 2024
DAILY PROVERB:
Proverbs 16:22-24
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:
If I were to ask you to walk on a pathway made of boards set edge to edge, with each board two feet long and one foot in width, would you be okay with that? Using one hundred of these boards, we can make a path two feet wide and one hundred feet long, with plenty of space for your entire foot and some left over. Most people would say, “Sure, I could follow such a path.”
Now let me add this: What if on the left side of that path of boards, there was a cliff that fell one hundred feet to a stony riverbed below? Now, would you walk that path? Okay, how about if on both sides of these boards, there were cliffs of the same depth? Let’s also add ropes to tie the boards together, more ropes to hang onto, and suspend these boards over this one-hundred-foot gorge. Now will you walk this path? One last thing, the wind is blowing your hanging bridge of boards back and forth just a bit. Now will you go across? NO! Why not, what changed? Aren’t these the same boards you were willing to walk on when you thought they were on the ground?
The difference is all in the surroundings, as the boards never changed. The reason most people will not cross a swinging rope bridge is not that they are afraid of the ropes and wood, they are afraid of the fall. The first time I ever crossed a bridge like that, my uncle laughed like crazy at me. He just ran on across. I, on the other hand, was clinging on for dear life. After about a week, I was running across the bridge too. Over time, I had become familiar with the bridge and learned to trust it.
Understanding that there is safety in God’s wisdom in all situations, that wisdom becomes our wellspring of life. We need to become familiar with His Word, trust it, and teach it to others as well. His Word becomes the boards in life we can walk on.
THE WORD WALKING IN ME:
I ran across, but I still used the ropes as guides. They seemed to give me balance. Reading God’s Word every day does the same thing. It gives your life balance. Read some every day.
Will you walk the path of life with God
trusting what He says, wherever He takes you?
IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:
Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?
Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?
What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?
GOD TALKING TO ME: July 8, 2024
THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
Psalms 107 – Psalms 113
Proverbs 16:22 – 24
THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Ezra 4-7
Acts 11
“Getting people into the Word of God…
…and the Word of God into people.”
Romans 10:17
Dr. Franklin J. Senters Th.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Hebrews 2:12
Author: admin
Author of LIHW Daily Devotions, and President of Living In His Word Ministries.
