08/04/2025
For those of you who like to trail ride.
Isn’t it fascinating that once you put
the horse on the well worn path,
you don’t really have to guide them much.
They like to stay right there.
I remember when I rode a mule
down the steep grand canyon.
I just put my reins over the horn
enjoying the view while taking 100’s of pictures,
I didn’t worry about directing the mule,
I knew she would stay on the well-worn path.
She had been down that path many times.
A well-worn path is important
in our Christian journey,
because it helps us conform our character
to Christ’s as we walk.
When we refuse to walk beside the Lord Jesus,
rejecting His invitation to make
those well-worn ways in our lives like:
prayer, praise, thanksgiving,
Bible reading, Scripture meditation,
and solitude with Him- a priority,
we prove that “all we like sheep have gone astray.
We have turned every one to his own way…”
When we go our own way,
the well-worn path gets overgrown,
and the paths we choose for ourselves
disappear in dangerous cliffs or forest,
leaving us lost.
But Jesus keeps interrupting our wayward path,
catching up to us, walking beside us,
pointing out the way we should go,
right back to the well-worn path.
All we have to do is agree to get back on
the well worn path and take the first step.
Have you gotten off the well-worn path?
Pray:
Father, forgive me for choosing my way again,
I am ready to choose the way of faithfulness…
Put false ways far from me
and graciously teach me Your way!
I will walk the well worn paths of righteousness
by yielding to Holy Spirit guidance.
I wil follow Your commandments
as you enlarge my heart and understanding.
In Jesus Name I pray AMEN.
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