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Prov 11:5
5 The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them,
but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
NIV
Repeating the same idea, the same thought, the same concept, but with slightly different words, is but only one way my Lord makes sure I have a firm understanding of his plan for my life. I am convinced that those individuals who are in the state of denial regarding the God and his plans will be snared by their own ways. How can anything a person does outside the realm of God prevent him from being brought down in the last day? They will have no defense but their own wicked behavior. One again I have full confidence many of them are very nice people and they do some very good deeds within the realm of mankind, but they care classified, by God, as wicked because of the refusal to do the only true deed that counts which is accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. This is the true wickedness which shall bring them down. But on the other hand is me. I have accomplished that ultimate deed and therefore I am classified, by God, as one of the blameless. Because of Jesus God sees me as blameless, he not only forgave me of my sin, past, present and future, but he declared my more than not guilty, he declared me as without blame, innocent. Jesus is my righteousness and because I have made that choice, my path is straight and it leads me into the everlasting presence of God. God’s way are a straight path for my life, not that I am perfect, or without any more sin, but I am on the path set forth not by my own planning, but by Jesus. Jesus has made the path straight for me. There is no way I could make a path that straight. Any path I would make could not be that straight. I am exceedingly grateful I am on the path that lifts me up instead of the one that would brings me down.