| Are You Sure? You Can Know For Sure! “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb…” “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you.” (Jeremiah 1:5, 31:3) Introduction You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free. We need to stand free and to know what true freedom is. Life is full of many choices and there is a sure path (Jeremiah 6:16) we can take. We all have to make decisions in various areas of life on a daily basis. Unfortunately there are those things in this life that “appear as one thing” when they are actually something totally different. The truth about something can determine whether we make the right choices in this life. Truth is not something that is relative to just one situation and then changes to fit another situation. Truth is constant, never changing. Having a working knowledge of what Truth really is and how to walk in the Truth will help you to make the right decisions in your life. “Multitudes , multitudes in the valley of decision!”, Joel 3:14 NKJV As you go through this life you will need to recognize the Truth in order to see clearly so you understand what is truly happening and why. In turn this will help us to understand and reason clearly. We need to be sure of the path (course) we are on and realize that there is only one way meant for us. Are the Decisions we Make that Important? Absolutely, the course you’re on, the decisions you select will lead you somewhere eventually. There used to be a saying that all roads (paths) lead to Rome. This is not true! All roads do not lead to Rome. Some roads are dead ends. Other roads or paths in this life seem to be right but end up a waste of time. Some roads in this life lead people down paths (Jeremiah 18:15) they may wish they had never taken (regret, sorrow, even death). The stark reality is that we go through “this” life only once. That is a vital statement. We all want the best for our lives and others. Most people go through life trying to stay up with their perception of “life” and trying to get it right along with the flow (ways) of humanity and its challenges. Sometimes our decisions can tend to weigh us down even when they are not all that serious. That is not to say that some aren’t! The Right Plan (Course) for Your Life and How to Find It, Get to It, and Live “In” It Like a car going down the road, we don’t want to end up in a ditch or as with boats, shipwrecked! That is what this message is about, finding and staying “in” that sure path for your life. Wouldn’t it be sad to be thinking that things are really going well and believing things are okay when actually you could be headed straight for trouble or in it and not realize it?
From Here to There It is important to start out on the right path. Then it is important to stay on the right path. Finally it is important to end up at the correct and final destination point. (2 Tim 4:7) Let’s say you start in a straight line, your destination is miles up ahead and you get off just one degree then you will end up quite a ways from your intended destination and most likely not finish the course. |
January 11, 2010
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