It’s Friday…Draw A Line In The Sand

Every single moment of our lives, we face a choice. We choose when to speak and when to keep silent, when to sit and when to stand, when to breathe and when to hold our breath. We could get incredibly detailed about all of our momentary options, if we wanted to. But that’s an excruciating exercise, sort of like listening to every beat of our heart. It requires too much attention and stress. We prefer to let things happen naturally and automatically.

But Proverbs urges us to step back and look at our choices from time to time – not just in the major ones, but also the minor ones that determine the subtle directions of our lives each day. And its message is consistent: Righteous choices, while sometimes harder in the short term, are always easier in the long run. They lead to life. Laziness and evil put us on hard roads. The path of least resistance is often the path of greatest grief.

Now, that doesn’t mean that righteous choices will always make things easier for us. Anytime we seek to obey God diligently and serve Him with devotion, there will be obstacles. But God always paves a way for our path to walk with Him. He doesn’t ever make rebellion or laziness profitable in the end.

So, what level of diligence guides your life? Are you proactive about your choices – even the small ones – or are you herded like livestock through the fields of life, inadvertently pushed and pulled by those around you?

Do you feel that God is firmly directing your steps? Or do you feel that you’re just floating with the current and conforming to the expectations of this world?

“The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.” (Proverbs 15:19)

God calls for diligence. Laziness and devotion to Him do not mix. He doesn’t mean for us to obsess about every minor choice, but He does expect us to Draw A Line In The Sand and refuse to let the demands of the culture dictate our lives. We are to guard His plan for us with zeal. Let’s not get off the narrow path that leads to Him. Let’s allow Him to be Lord of our choices.

Have a fruitful weekend. Make it better by worshiping the LORD with those who know where they are going because they know He holds their hand and they willingly follow where He leads.

All For Jesus – Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else.

“He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, The King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see, to Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.” (1 Timothy 6:15b-16)