"The Path of the Righteous"

 

“The Path of the Righteous”

 

The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.  Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord, we have waited for You eagerly; Your Name, even Your Memory, is the desire of our souls.    Isaiah 26:7-8

 

I read a very INSPIRING book, a long while back, the title was “The Bumps Are What You Climb On, it was VERY WELL WRITTEN by the late Warren Wiersbe.  In this book, we are INSPIRED to have an UNDAUNTING HOPE and PEACE of MIND, in facing times of crises, depressions frustrations and disappointments.  It encourages the reader to TRUST in GOD’S PROMISES, and to receive ALL the BLESSINGS of FORGIVENESS. 

 

I believe that Isaiah is giving us that same INSPIRATION, in these verses of Scripture.  We who are God’s TRUE Children, and are RIGHTEOUS, know that our paths, sometimes, are NOT very SMOOTH, but when we put our FAITH and TRUST in the HOLY GOD, and do not GIVE-UP, but PRESS-ON, we find our paths get SMOOTHER, because of the TRUST we have in the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD, we serve.  He will HELP make our PATHS LEVEL, and we LEARN to TRUST HIM MORE. 

 

When we are OBEDIENT to His Judgments, He will bring us SAFELY down those PATHS we MUST TRAVEL, those BUMPS, we may encounter along the way are but STEPPING STONES to a SMOOTHER and MORE LEVEL PATH.  And we can find CONTENTMENT in KNOWING that we have been FAITHFUL to His JUDGMENTS and hear Him say: “WELL DONE, GOOD and FAITHFUL SERVANT.”  And with GREAT ANTICIPATION, and EAGERNESS, we WAIT for His RETURN, so that our SALVATION will be made COMPLETE.  So, how are your paths?

 

If you are an UNBELIEVER, who tries to live this life on your own, without ANY HELP from ANYONE to include GOD, then your ROUGH, BUMPY, paths, are probably getting ROUGHER and BUMPIER with each step you take.  The Bible tells us that:  The wicked will look around in despair and find that there is NO WAY to ESCAPE.  Their one hope is that death will come.  (Job 11:20) Is this your ETERNAL DESTINY?  It will be unless you are WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who died in YOUR place, for your REDEMPTION, and to FREE you from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY of ESCAPE.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS did DIE for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION and TRUST in Him to help your PATH be SMOOTH and LEVEL, and Receive HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS as your ETERNAL HOME.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!