“In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.”
I remember a childhood game called “follow the leader.” The idea was to do everything as best you could, that the person leading did. Life is similar to that game. No matter how independent we think we are, we are going to follow someone or something. We need to be sure that the one we follow is going in the right direction. If we must play “follow the leader” we need to follow the One who knows the way. Proverbs 3:6 tells us to acknowledge, or heed, the Lord. It also tells us how to follow Him. We should follow Him completely. “In all thy ways” means that if we want to follow the leadership of Jesus, we must follow Him every day and in every way. Jesus does not want to be the Lord of our “church lives,” yet be ignored in our everyday lives. Jesus actually wants to be our Lord, our leader, when we are at home. He wants to be the leader of our lives when we are at work. He wants to be the leader of our lives when we are on vacation. We cannot take vacations from the leadership of Jesus. We can trust His leadership in the use of our time and our talents. We should follow His leadership in every word, every thought and every action in our lives. I know that none of us will do this perfectly, but it is a good goal. (Don’t you agree?) We would surely stay out of a lot of trouble if we would closely follow Jesus. Frankly, I have not always found this easy to do in my life. The human will is strong and needs to be tamed by the Lord. You will not find it easy either, but you will find it rewarding. How can we do it? Proverbs 3:5 tells us how: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.” We should follow Him willingly. “In all your ways acknowledge Him" means to pay attention to Jesus and heed what He says. It means to pay attention to the Holy Spirit given to us by Jesus to give us proper leadership. Jesus alone is worthy of the leadership of our lives. When Paul addressed the philosophers on Mars Hill about their “Unknown god” in Acts 17, he told them, in effect, that he knew God. In verse 28 he told them: “For in Him we live and move and have our being.” That is the God that we know through our belief in Christ. We should be willing to follow the One who has this power. Someone has written: “We must hear (Jesus) as teacher, trust Him as Savior, love Him as Father, follow Him as master, obey Him as Lord, and honor Him as supreme in all things.” Good Point! This is what it means to follow Jesus willingly. We should follow His directions. “In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.” As written earlier, we will follow someone or something. It amazes me what people will follow today. They need to know, if they will believe, that when Jesus directs the path it is the right path. There are a lot of “leaders” out there, as there was in New Testament days, seeking our attention and our loyalty. None of them deserve to direct our lives. None of them came from heaven, died on a cross, or rose from the dead for us. If you want to go in the right direction, trust Jesus for He will never lead you astray. I pray that you will meditate on this today. Bro. Joe
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