“He leads me in the paths of righteousness.” Ps 23:3 NKJV
Life is full of choices, decisions, and options. It’s also full of people with substantial opinions who will attempt to advise you which way they assume you ought to go. If we could turn back the hands of time, practically all of us would transform some of our past tendencies because they have compelled us to find ourselves on the path of “wrongness” rather than “righteousness.”
Sheep will gravitate toward whatever allures their instincts, such as a berry bush, even though it will take them away from the flock and the shepherd’s protective care. They suppose they know the right path when they are clueless.
He leads us in the paths of his righteousness, and not our righteousness. Many times people boast of their righteousness, their thinking, and ideals, but still, they fall short of God’s goodness because of our sinful nature inherited from Adam. Human philosophies and doctrines only lead to pride and self-condemnation. Do not touch, do not say they proclaim but their heart is far from God.
Question: Have you been following your cravings and instincts rather than your shepherd? You say, “But God has given me a brain to use.” Sure, and you need to develop it. But it’s limited, and it will only take you so far. Have you taken time to analyse how you make decisions, and what facts determine most of your life decisions.
It always is an error when servants of God, make decisions without consulting with God. When we zoom in on Moses’s leadership he always consulted God first before giving instructions to the Israelites. Prophet Samuel too valued his connection with God more than people’s admiration. Many times people have lost their way just because they felt the appetite to impress other people. Funny how people are going astray just to get likes (recognition) on social media platforms
Being a disciple of Christ means steering empty of self. Most times our cup is crammed to the bream by our responsibilities, worries, ambitions, and agendas that we forget our ultimate purpose here on earth which is to be of service to God. Our soul agenda is to serve Christ, our livelihood must communicate the love of God. As long as our mindset is diluted by worldly appetites we can’t fulfill our ultimate purpose!
A shepherd takes care of the sheep for his benefit. Nothing is done for fun in this world, what you deem fun is profiting the intellect behind that invention Most people sin whenever people flattered them with their enticing words. Why would you hunger for human validation when the creator of the universe already got your back?
As sheep being led to greener pastures by God, we need to trust more in his understanding than in our impulses. Human wisdom is based on trial and error, but heavenly wisdom is established on infinite intelligence. He understands what we don’t know and since we are his sheep his only motive is to defend us from his enemy. It only makes sense to fully submit to his direction.
It is not too late to leave our inherited paths, man-made cultures, and doctrines. The time is now to be fully liberated and live a life of true freedom. The Bible clearly states that He will lead us to green pastures, that is to say, pastures we never knew existed but only He knew of.
Human wisdom bases its wisdom on history, trial, and error, and mostly every activity we take is summed up on our selfish motives. We show love to gain recognition, some give offerings to be promoted to positions of authority in churches. Lately, some are giving tithes to be recognized by Pastors. Yes, they get promoted but the Bible says in whatever good deed you do, it must be done for God and not for recognition by fellow humans who will soon die.
The Holy Spirit desires to take you beyond those limits. “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” (Romans 8:14). When we fully submit to the Holy Spirit every limitation imposed on us by wrong convictions and preferences will be cleared and we start fulfilling our full potential here on earth in our short time we have been given by God.
It’s sad that some left churches the moment they were not promoted to positions of power. Has this generation lost its purpose to a level where everyone is driven by greed and a hunger for power. Isn’t this the mindset of Lucifer to hunger for admiration and power instead of being a good ambassador of God .
This generation really need a mindset change , we need to grow from being self centred to being God centred.
How does God lead us?
Objectively He leads us through His Word, and subjectively through His Spirit. As you read His Word, you hear His voice, and as you “lie down” (Ps 23:2).He communicates through his prophets ,the Bible, through visions and dreams. He is a God who values relationships thus he is always communicating with his own.
He impresses upon your heart what He wants you to do. He gave Abraham an instruction to get victory and promotion and he changed his name from Abram to Abraham. He is always communicating but are we being obedient to his voice?
He communicates through visions , Prophet Isaiah was shown visions and in the visions he was instructed on what he was to tell the Israelites and how he would say it. He communicated to Moses via a burning bush . Yes he is still communicating today .
If you have gotten onto the wrong path, turn to God and He will guide you back onto the right path. He is waiting for you to repent from self sustenance to God’s provision.He is calling on you today to make the ultimate decision to yield to his voice.
You say, “Would God actually speak to someone like me?” Yes, “He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out…he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice” (Jn 10:3-4 NKJV).
Today, let God lead you!
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