Deuteronomy 5:32 says “Therefore you shall be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
What is sometimes placed in our path seems insurmountable. The battle belongs to the Lord, but we must stay the course, not turning to the right nor the left. Staying the course means life. Staying the course strengthens our faith.
Deuteronomy 5:33 says “You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
In Deuteronomy chapter 2, we find the Israelites are wandering through the desert to get to their promised land. Moses sends messengers asking Sihon, king of Heshbon to allow them to pass through, but Sihon’s heart was stubborn and he would not allow them to pass.
The Israelites stayed the course and God delivered Heshbon into their hands. All the people of Hesbon were destroyed. They were delivered into the hands of God for Him to deal with.
If you are walking with God, He has placed you on a certain path for a certain reason. It is not always ours to know why, but it is ours to know that He has us in the palm of His hand.
In 2 Chronicles 20, we read that the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are coming against God’s people. These are people and nations that God had previously forbid Israel to destroy. We find Jehoshaphat is faced with a great multitude of people who are wanting to invade and take over the land God had given His people. What does he do? What would you do?
2 Chronicles 20:12 says – O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
Jehoshaphat and all of Israel kept their eyes on God. They did not worry about what they were up against. They did not doubt that God would deliver them from the great multitude that was coming against them.
If you veer from the path God has placed you on, you go through many more difficulties than you would have it you had just stayed the course. Once you get back on that path, you discover deliverance was right in front of you, but you couldn’t see it because you were looking for another path.
Is there something in your path? Where are you eyes? Are they viewing the circumstances or are they on God? Even though it may seem as if the enemy is at your feet ready to pounce, stay the course for God is there and His timing is perfect.
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if you can love God through out your youth and stay strong-on the narrow path that few walk- you will be so much better off!
yes, there is grace and redemption for when you fall. BUT…there are totally consequences. wandering in the wilderness instead of entering into the promised land? no thank you. wanting instant results of making yourself feel good &look cool in the eyes of the world…or looking into His eyes of fire and taking a bold stand(and taking up His calling of Isaiah 61).mmmm…worth the abandonment of our flesh.