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Which Road Are You On Today?

Are you traveling on the right road? Or perhaps you are on the right path but are meeting with great difficulty along the way. May God use this message to pinpoint exactly where you are on your journey home.


There are many roads that we can run as we travel on this pilgrim way. Some are difficult for sure. Others may seem to be an easy way out of all of our troubles but bring death to our souls.

Let's look into the Map of God's Word and allow the Holy Spirit as our Guide to show us exactly where we are located.

1. The Road Of Suffering

Job 30:13 - "They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper."
Lamentations 1:4 - "The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness."

We may find ourselves on the Road Of Suffering because of something that we did that was contrary to God's Word. Then again, we may meet with troubles along the way because others have stirred it up against us.

Job 30:13 - Job spoke of those who would come along and "mar" our "path" and "set forward" our "calamity."

What did he mean by this?

This imagery is taken from a war scene. It is as though someone came along and tore up the way, destroyed our defense system, blew up every communication device, and stopped up all the water supplies, making it impossible to proceed.

This seemingly irreparable damage is done by individuals who feel it is their mission to hasten our fall, affliction, calamity, and ruin. In some unmistakable way, they feel as though they profit from it all. Hence, they promote our misery, urge it onward, triumph in it, and do all they can to "wipe us out."

Figuratively speaking, "mar my path," as used in this verse, is terminology relating to being falsely accused or misrepresented.

O Saint of God! Do you feel as though you are on this particular Road of Suffering? Have others "marred your path" - falsely accused or misrepresented you? At this time, are you confronting people who are set on your destruction?

The Road Of Suffering also includes another path - one of our own making.

The Prophet Jeremiah painted a scene, depicting the sorrow of a people who once wholeheartedly loved and served the Lord God.

Lamentation 1:4 - He described their forlorn condition in this manner - "The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate..."

Zion was the name given to the Holy City of Jerusalem. It was the hub of religious life. Here the people frequented the temple at the appointed seasons to observe the feasts and to offer the respective sacrifices unto the Lord.

However, Jeremiah envisioned a different picture here. He saw the pathway leading to the Holy City overgrown with grass and weeds. No longer did the people tread these paths. No longer were they interested in observing the sacred solemnities.

The result?

Mourning, misery, distress, and desolation.

Are you traveling this Road of Suffering today? Have you lost interest in spiritual matters and become consumed with a love for this world? At one time, did you have a disciplined prayer life and Bible study time, only to now find yourself struggling to find any time for God? Did you once have a love for Christian fellowship and now find yourself "hanging out" with sinners and frequenting their places of amusement?

2. The Road Of Deliverance

Isaiah 49:11 - "And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted."
Isaiah 57:14 - "And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people."
Luke 3:5 - "EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL SHALL BE BROUGHT LOW; AND THE CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH WAYS SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH."

Today you may be traveling along the Road Of Deliverance and finding it a most exciting path.

All your "mountains" are becoming a "way." They are becoming an even, level plain - an easy road on which to travel.

All obstacles or difficulties - "stumblingblocks" - are being removed. These typify difficulties, hindrances, and discouragements along the way.

The "crooked" places are being made "straight," and the "rough ways" "smooth."

This is indeed the Road of Power and Victory. It is the Road where the Word of God is in full operation in your life. And it is the Road assigned for every believer.

3. The Road To Destruction

Matthew 7:13 - "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat."

This is the path where you will find the multitudes. It is the Road traveled by most.

Why?

Simply because it is the path of least resistance. Here you will find no checks or restraints on your fleshly appetites or passions. Anything goes. Everyone wanders aimlessly, following after the sight of their own eyes and the way of their deceived hearts.

Are you traveling on this Broad Road that leads to Destruction? Are you following the crowds to Hell? Are you floating downstream with the multitudes rather than taking a Bold Stand for Jesus?

4. The Road To Life

Matthew 7:14 - "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

There is no question about it. The Road To Life is a "narrow" path. Only a few are traveling on it.

Why?

Because it is a way that is hard on the flesh. Its requirements are grueling at times. It demands a total denial of self, a clear-cut forsaking of this world and its pleasures, a constant check on the body's appetites and passions, affliction and much tribulation, along with a serious program for godliness in thought, word, and deed.

How about you, O Christian? Are you traveling along this Road Of Life?
Have you allowed God to hedge you in with His divine Law?
Colossians 3:3 - Can it be said of you that "ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God"?
Galatians 2:20 - Are you "crucified with Christ," allowing Him to live His life through you?
When people meet you, are they touched by God's Life, emanating from your being?
It can only be so if you are "dead," and Jesus is "alive" in you.

5. The Road Of Deception

Isaiah 59:8 - "The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace."

This Road is traveled by those who are full of selfishness, oppression, and cruelty. They "know not" "the way of peace" because they have chosen the "crooked paths" - the paths of dishonesty, fraud, and deceit rather than the straight paths of honesty, sincerity, truth, and uprightness.

How about you? Are you walking in "peace" today?
Acts 24:16 - Do you have a "conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men"?
Or have you been dishonest and unfair in your treatment of others?

Have you
...taken advantage of another?
...deceived and tricked others for your own selfish gain?
...been unfaithful in your commitments and relationships?
...failed to keep your word?

Isaiah 59:8 - If so, it is no wonder that you "know not" "the way of peace." It is no wonder that you live in constant strife, agitation, and turmoil.

Lying and Living a Lie will keep you on the Road Of Deception and eventually cross with the Road to Eternal Destruction.
Revelation 21:8 - We must never forget what the Scripture says - "...all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."

Where are you at this present moment?
Which Road are you traveling on?
Should you be on a different path?

You may need to stop what you are doing and repent - or turn around - and get back on the Road that leads to Life Everlasting.

There is still some time.
Don't put it off any longer.
Tomorrow may be too late.


May God Bless His Word.
Connie

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