Thursday... So where are you headed?

Thursday... So where are you headed, what path are you on?

And this is such an important question.

Solomon over in Proverbs 4 gives some very good insight into this question. He says in verse 23 (AMP), "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." The NLT says, "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life."

What is it that is directing your life, where are you headed?

He goes on in verse 24 (AMP), "Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading mouth), and put devious lips far from you." Have you worked or been with people that you can't trust what they say?

Earlier verses 18-19 (MSG) says, "The way of right-living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine. But the road of wrongdoing gets darker and darker - travelers can't see a thing; they fall flat on their faces."

Some people are so dishonest and when they stumble, and they will stumble, they blame others but it is their own fault and they don't know it. They are even lying to themselves.

Back to verses 25-26 (AMP), "Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage] and let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity]. Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet, and all your ways will be steadfast and sure." In other words, you won't stumble and fall flat on your face.

And then verses 26-27 in NIV says, "Give careful thought to the paths of your feet and be steadfast in all your ways, Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil." The NLT says, "Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don't get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil." So let's keep on the straight, safe path, the path of moral courage and integrity. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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