On the Trail
"Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my
path." (Psalm 119:105, HCSB) [1]
"Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, "This is
the way you should go," whether to the right or to the left." (Isaiah
30:21, NLT) [2]
Our town is a mail stop on the Appalachian Trail. I have gotten to talk to
some of the hikers. I have learned that every now and then a tree will be
marked to let you know you are on the right trail. There are many other
trails that intersect the Appalachian Trail. Sometimes a hiker will come to
a fork and guess which trail to hike. Then after a while they realize they
were not on the right trail.
Our life is a trail. We do have a road map for our life called the Bible. In
it we can read the trail Jesus Christ expects us to follow.
At times in our lives there are situations that come up where we cannot find
exact verses that tell us what to do in those situations. In these cases we
can rely on the leading of the Holy Spirit. This is the way God leads us in
our lives. We will hear him say, "This is the way."
So on this trail called life let us daily read our Bible to know what God
expects. Let us also spend time in prayer daily and be open to the leading
of the Holy Spirit so we will know the way to go.
Prayer: Father, forgive us when we don't follow the trail you would have us
travel on. Help us to commune with You so that we will know Your voice and
then be willing to follow Your leading. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Thought: Let us keep our map open and keep attentive to God's voice so we
may stay on the narrow trail.
Dean W. Masters
POBox 234
Erwin TN 37650
dwmasters@earthlink.net Owner
of the Masters List:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterslist
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[1] The Holy Bible : Holman Christian standard version. 2003. Holman Bible
Publishers: Nashville
[2] Tyndale House Publishers. 2004. Holy Bible : New Living Translation.
(2nd ed.). Tyndale House Publishers: Wheaton, Ill.