Message from Scripture: 6/12/2020

Today’s message from Scripture comes from Jer. 6:16; “Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'”

People, for as long as there have been people I suppose, have had to get from here to there and back again. There have always been paths, roads, passages that people have journeyed. In Jeremiah’s day, paths and roads were important as well, but not necessarily just for getting from here to there. Some paths that had been abandoned needed to be rediscovered, for the spiritual journey of life was better traveled on them.

The ancient paths are the good way, where we find rest for our souls. The ancient path Jeremiah is referring to is the Law of Moses, God’s covenant for His people. When Israel would walk this path, the good way, they found rest, peace, and all that God had to offer them. To walk any other path was to leave the way of God for that which would only condemn.

Jesus spoke of the narrow path that would lead to life, that few would find (Matt. 7:13-14). It’s the gospel path, which we enter by the blood of Christ, that offers us all the blessings God provides today. This path isn’t just any path, but that which is commended by the Lord Himself. “So that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory (1 Thess. 2:12).

There are, spiritually speaking, only two paths one can take; one is broad enough to accommodate every false teaching and every evil way, but it leads only to destruction. God’s path has always been narrow, in that it is well-defined as to what one believes and how one should live. It alone leads to eternal life.

Like the poem “The Road Not Taken” talks about, we should take the road less travelled by, the narrow road, as it alone offers a walk with Christ, a walk to eternal life. Which path do you take? Choose Christ. God bless.

Robert