The Path of the Righteous
The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. Proverbs 4:18 (NIV) There's a consistent gradual increase in the light and heat of the sun on earth as the day unfolds, and the peak is at noon day when the light and heat of the sun is at its highest. The path or life of the righteous is compared to the shining of the sun. It gets brighter, clearer and stronger. Always remember the righteous is everyone who is born again through faith in Jesus Christ - Romans 3:22. Knowledge is light. Jesus is the Sun of Righteousness - Malachi 4:2. The more we know Jesus, the more light shines in our life. The more life becomes brighter, clearer, and stronger. At midday when it's brightest and hottest the sun is closest to earth. The knowledge of God is close intimate relationship with Him. Now we are already as closest to the Lord as we could ever be, because we are joined with Him – John 15:5. But there's a getting closer to Him where His thoughts are our thoughts and His ways our ways. When you choose to renew your mind, letting it be filled and influenced with God's Word you're on the path of knowing Jesus, you're on the path of the righteous. Life will become brighter, clearer and stronger. If you've just began it will at first look like dawn, where it's not yet clear, but keep on walking, keep on renewing your mind with the knowledge of Christ for in this is midday which is clarity and strength of life.
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Where the Mind goes the Man follows.
14Don't do as the wicked do, and don't follow the path of evildoers. 15Don't even think about it; don't go that way. Turn away and keep moving. Proverbs 4:14-15 (NLT) If you're trying to change the course of your life by changing your actions or behavior you're having it backwards. That's frustrating and it won't work out. It's like stopping a tree from growing by cutting off the branches. New ones will grow back up again. You have to pull up the tree from the roots. What you think, you follow, you do. Therefore, to change what you do, first change what you think. Before you do something, you first think about it, you follow it with intention, and then you end up doing it. That's the pattern of behavior. Our theme Scripture has commanded us saying "don't do what the wicked do, don't follow it, don't even think about" If this was a tree, the doing is the fruit, the following are the branches and the thinking are the roots. To stop the fruit, you deal with the roots. In order to stop doing what the wicked do, stop thinking what the wicked think. Start thinking what God thinks because He is righteous and does righteousness. You can download God's righteous thinking from His Word which is known as the Word of Righteousness – Hebrews 5:13 (NKJV) Let God's Word shape your thinking and it will shape your actions and behavior.
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The Key to Life
Take hold of my instructions; don't let them go. Guard them, for they are the key to life. Proverbs 4:13 (NLT) It's useless having or possessing something you can't open or operate. So having the key and using it to unlock what's locked is what takes you from possessing to using and enjoying. This applies also to life. There's a key to opening up, functioning in, and enjoying life. Taking hold of and guarding instructions is the key to walking in all that life has to offer. Just as every designer, and manufacturer gives instructions for the proper running and maintenance of his product. God who is the origin and designer of life has given instructions for the best way to live. When we hold and guard the Lord's instructions, life opens up and fully functions for us. For example, when Scripture instructs us to obey our parents so it may go well with us and so we may live long [Ephesians 6:1-3], the wisdom in that is our parents have been around longer, they've learnt what works and what doesn't, so we can learn from them without first experiencing the consequences of going down the wrong route. We can take hold of and guard our life by taking hold of and guarding instructions. The Bible, Scriptures, or the Word of God, it's all about instructions from God the source and designer of life telling us how to live to the fullest. Take hold of what God says, guard it and you will live.
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