Path of Life

DEVOTION

THE BOOK OF ACTS

PATH OF LIFE

Acts 2:25-28

25 David said about him: "'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope, 27 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'  

NIV

Although the words that David penned apply to Christ, and for the most part to Christ alone, we can still learn a life application within this passage. God will make known to us our path of life. We do not have to guess what we should do, we do not have to try to decide to go here or there, for God will make it known to us. We might make all sorts of plans but God orders our footsteps. We could spent a whole lot of energy and concern trying to decide what we should do in life, where we should live, what kind of career we should have and how should we serve him, but if we simply wait upon the Lord he will direct our paths. If we are listening he will make known the path of life we should walk. Certainly he makes known to us the path of righteousness. He has given us all we need to know in order to live a life that is pleasing to him. But he also gives us all we need to know for the direction of our life. All our life choices can be made by us, by our own will, but it might well be way outside the will of God for our lives. For our hearts to truly be glad, for us to be absolutely filled with joy in his presence, we need to be allowing him to make those life choices for us.  He knows the best for us, he has a specific design for each on of his children. Because we are living stones being built into the temple of God, he needs to be the architect and the builder designing and placing each stone where he designed it to be. Each stone, each of us needs to be in the designed place God has for us, therefore he will make known to us the path of our life.