Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Wisdom from Proverbs”
Our Bible verse for today: “Carefully consider the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established. Don’t turn to the right or to the left; keep your feet away from evil.” Proverbs 4:26-27 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Stay on the right path.”
Back in the 1970s there were two rock and roll songs that have consistently been rated as being two of the best rock songs ever written. The first one was by a band called Led Zeppelin and the song was “Stairway to Heaven”. It was not a Christian song but it did borrow from the imagery found in Genesis 28:12 where Jacob witnessed angels climbing a stairway between earth and heaven.
The second song was definitely not a Christian song. It was by the band AC/DC and was called “Highway to Hell”. It celebrated a life of sex, drugs, and rock and roll and was based on the picture painted by Jesus in Matthew 7:13 when He said “Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.”
Without question there is a highway to hell that is wide and well-traveled, but there is only a stairway to heaven which is narrow and less traveled. In Proverbs 4:26-27 Solomon changes the metaphor slightly and urges us to find and stay on the path that leads to righteous conduct and eternal life, and to avoid the path that leads to evil behavior and ultimate destruction.
Sadly, many people never give much thought to which path they’re on and where it might be leading them. Some people fill their lives with so many other things that they remain perpetually distracted from the things of God. Some people are intentionally evil and they seem to like it. Others are simply ambivalent about it all. They just shuffle through their days and they really don’t seem to care where they’re headed.
But God has created us as rational thoughtful beings with the capacity to think things through and to make smart decisions. We can and should evaluate our lives, consider where we’re at and where we’re headed, and then make course corrections as needed.
Speaking of stairways and ladders, many people spend their lives climbing what they believe to be the ladder of success, only to discover once they arrive at the top that the ladder was leaning against the wrong wall.
I encourage you to take a close look at your attitudes and behaviors; consider the path you’re on in life and where it is leading you. Then be willing to make the necessary corrections. Choose the path that leads to righteousness and eternal life, because the alternative truly is a highway to hell.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 