“All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,
for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.”
– Psalm 25:10
Note carefully what David writes here, because it’s certainly true. He doesn’t promise that all of God’s paths are easy, comfortable, safe, popular, or lucrative. This promise is much, much better than those things! All the paths that God has prepared for His people to walk are full of Him. When you choose to walk the path God is calling you to, He promises you’ll find Him there. You’ll walk in God’s steadfast love and faithfulness. You’ll experience more of Him than you could ever possibly imagine. There is nothing better than that. Nothing!
The world pressures and tempts us to choose its paths, but those lead only to emptiness and ruin. The well-worn paths of earthly popularity, prosperity, comfort, safety, and ease promise much but deliver nothing of eternal significance. The paths of God lead to the joy of the Lord on earth and the reward of the Lord in eternity. So, which path will you choose today? The world’s or the Lord’s?
To walk the Lord’s path means choosing to take up your cross each day to follow Jesus. It means denying yourself so that you can fully experience Christ in you. It means making hard choices and sacrifices to obey Christ’s commandments, even when you’d rather not. It is the path of love, grace, mercy, forgiveness, and healing. But it isn’t easy, comfortable, convenient, safe, or popular. Which path will you choose today? #FollowJesus