Two Paths

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

TWO PATHS

Prov 15:24

24 The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to the grave.  

NIV

It doesn't appear to be any plainer that this. Of course there is only one path of life which leads upward and that is the path of the one who is wise. This would imply those who travel a path which does not lead upward are not wise, but rather foolish for their path leads them down to the grave. So it would be wise for each of us to ensure our path does indeed lead upward. This saying might imply that we should set our minds on things above, rather than on things of this earth. This could be more difficult then we might think, as it seems we spend an awful amount of our time and energy devoted to our earthly desires, goals or ambitions. We celebrate our accomplishments, our milestones in life here on earth. It seems our minds are almost centered on our life here and what we are doing and what we have, and on those things we still want to do, and still want to have. Sometimes it even seems the things we say we are doing for the kingdom of God are really just things which make us feel good about ourselves, that we are being holy, or righteous, or just being a good Christian. But the lesson for us here is that we truly need to set our minds on things above, that heaven is our goal, heaven is our ambition and heaven is our desire. If we desire to be in heaven at the finish of this life, then we best make sure our path of our life leads to that finish line. Two paths, one which leads to the grave, the other leads to heaven, each path so very different, but are we trying to travel both?