Driving Directions

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Prov 16:17

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; he who guards his way guards his life.

NIV

Most, if not all people, would agree it is a good thing to have a planned out route when driving the highways and byways of this land, otherwise we would just be wasting our time and gas driving aimlessly around. Yet do all people have a planned out route for their lives, with a defined destination? Is the route one which avoids the pitfalls and traps Satan sets in the way? Is that route determined by the passions of self or by a higher standard? If we are the upright then as we live each day of our lives we should endeavor to avoid the evils which so easily beseech us. There are paths, crossroads all along the way which seems pleasing to take, but we must be on guard and examine the map, the bible, and listen to the GPS voice of the Holy Spirit, and see if that path, that crossroad would lead us in the wrong direction. There is but one road, one path for the upright and that leads to eternal life. This is not a set of rules and regulations, laws established by men who are telling they have found the way to travel and it requires following their well thought out ordinances. This is a life, a journey traveling in the direction God has told us is the way to go, avoiding evil, avoiding all the trappings of both Satan and men, guarding our way, following the directions of God and God alone, and we will arrive at eternal life.