"Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you.
Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil."
Proverbs 4:25-27 (NKJV)
When I was in high school, I was involved in the sport of cross country. This was a 3-mile race, along a designated course, with the goal being to run the course as fast as possible. Normally there were some type of markers to show you where the course was, but if you were not paying attention, there were times where you could have gotten off the course, or if you tried to somehow take a shortcut, then you would be disqualified. You had to stay on the correct course to successfully finish the race.
If we are on a course to a destination, then we want to stay on that path and not let anything get us off track. But there are times that people get off course in life, and with what they are doing, by being distracted. And when they get distracted, they are led away from where they should be to a place where they do not belong. This applies naturally and spiritually. We do not want anything to lead us off course and away from the truth, but we want to continue on the path God has for us and reach the goals He has given us.
When we find the right course in life, we need to say on it, and staying on course is just as important as finding the right direction in what we are doing. But the devil will try to distract us and get us off course in our life. People get led away from the plan God has for them by events in their life, social issues, political things, or even their own goals and ideas. As it tells us in Proverbs 4:25-27, we need to look straight ahead, ponder and pay attention to the path of our feet, and not turn aside to the right or left. By staying on the right course, we will succeed in what God has planned for us.
Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil."
Proverbs 4:25-27 (NKJV)
When I was in high school, I was involved in the sport of cross country. This was a 3-mile race, along a designated course, with the goal being to run the course as fast as possible. Normally there were some type of markers to show you where the course was, but if you were not paying attention, there were times where you could have gotten off the course, or if you tried to somehow take a shortcut, then you would be disqualified. You had to stay on the correct course to successfully finish the race.
If we are on a course to a destination, then we want to stay on that path and not let anything get us off track. But there are times that people get off course in life, and with what they are doing, by being distracted. And when they get distracted, they are led away from where they should be to a place where they do not belong. This applies naturally and spiritually. We do not want anything to lead us off course and away from the truth, but we want to continue on the path God has for us and reach the goals He has given us.
When we find the right course in life, we need to say on it, and staying on course is just as important as finding the right direction in what we are doing. But the devil will try to distract us and get us off course in our life. People get led away from the plan God has for them by events in their life, social issues, political things, or even their own goals and ideas. As it tells us in Proverbs 4:25-27, we need to look straight ahead, ponder and pay attention to the path of our feet, and not turn aside to the right or left. By staying on the right course, we will succeed in what God has planned for us.
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