On The Road

DEVOTION PROVERBS ON THE ROAD Prov 15:19 19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. NIV Although it may be true that in this life a person who is a sluggard or lazy may find a host of excuses or reason why a task is so difficult it is not worth the effort to try and an upright or industrious person will overcome whatever to accomplish the same task, this speak volumes more about man and God. The greatest decision of worth is having faith in Christ for salvation. It may be the most difficult choice for what God refers to here as a sluggard, or a slothful person. They find any excuse they can to refrain from believing the Bible is the inherent Word of God. They make up reasons to discredit its authenticity and accuracy saying it was only written by man, yet they place faith in some other history book, written by a man who was not even there during the making of that history. They make excuses that Christianity is just one of many religions of the world and why should they pick this one, as others are just as valid so they pick nothing. They find one excuse after another, making their way to a choice blocked by a row of thick thorn bushes, unable to get through to the truth. But that is not so to the person who is upright or the opposite of lazy and thus in this case industrious. They seek after the truth and search diligently not letting anything distract them from finding the answer to the questions concerning man’s beginning, his purpose, and the results, along with a host of other facts. This upright industrious person seeks out the only truth which has the answers and once finding them considers this truth to be an enormous value, a pearl of great price. This person believes the truth and in doing so his life is as a highway, a turnpike, clear sailing straight to the paradise of God. Faith in Jesus Christ paves the way for a person to enter directly into the Kingdom of God. Why struggle in the thorns with indecision, as if snared or trapped by a skillful hunter, when it is so simple and easy to move effortlessly on the highway to God. Get on the road and stay on the road.