BBD 04.06.11 A Little Wrong Turn (Classic)

#1 · April 6, 2011, 6:09 pm

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04.06.11

A Little Wrong Turn

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity. Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity. - Psalm 125:1-3.

A British racing pigeon named, Billie, began a 375-mile race to Liverpool, England. However, he ended up a little off the path, after he took a little wrong turn somewhere over England. Instead of coming in for a landing at Liverpool, England, he ended up on Staten Island, New York. Even for a racing pigeon, it was a feat of great endurance (unless he caught a ride on a ship). If the race had been to Staten Island 3,300 miles away, Billie would have won; but since the race had a definite destination, Billie lost, even though he flew the farthest.

How many have started out with the right destination in mind, but ended up far from where they originally planned to go? There are many Christians, in fact, if you are a Christian; at least at the moment of your salvation you intended to run the race well, and arrive to hear your Savior say, "Well done thou good and faithful servant." But for many of us, the race has been run with stops, starts, and side excursions; that would make Billies look like a short cut.

It may be that you have gone a long, long way, in your life. It may be that many admire the accomplishments in your life. But does the distance and the accomplishments really matter in the eternal scheme of things, if it was in the wrong direction that you have traveled with your life, and the wrong things that have been accomplished?

What do you do if you have taken a whopper of a wrong turn, and are even farther off course than Billie? What is the solution? The only solution is to turn around, and go back to where you got off course. Then take the right path, which you missed originally. "Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day (Psalm 25:4-5)." "Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He teaches sinners in the way. The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way. All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies (Psalm 25:8-10)."

Allow the Lord to guide your paths.

Copyright © 2003-2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this link: www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

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Two videos of my sermons are posted on Godtube at: connect.tangle.com/Wrather

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Several videos of Clarks sermons can be found at his church website: www.fbcbrokenbow.com

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Posted by: edwrather <edwrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of Gods Word to more than 17,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is made up of over 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails then the Burning Bush Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to bbinspire-join@welovegod.org

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.
Free Books for the Kindle are available at the Burning Bush website.
Forwarding of this email is encouraged and appreciated!!

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 5282 new subscribers since January 1, 2011!!
There were 4010 new subscribers during 2010!!
Classic from 2003

04.06.11

A Little Wrong Turn

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity. Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity. - Psalm 125:1-3.

A British racing pigeon named, Billie, began a 375-mile race to Liverpool, England. However, he ended up a little off the path, after he took a little wrong turn somewhere over England. Instead of coming in for a landing at Liverpool, England, he ended up on Staten Island, New York. Even for a racing pigeon, it was a feat of great endurance (unless he caught a ride on a ship). If the race had been to Staten Island 3,300 miles away, Billie would have won; but since the race had a definite destination, Billie lost, even though he flew the farthest.

How many have started out with the right destination in mind, but ended up far from where they originally planned to go? There are many Christians, in fact, if you are a Christian; at least at the moment of your salvation you intended to run the race well, and arrive to hear your Savior say, "Well done thou good and faithful servant." But for many of us, the race has been run with stops, starts, and side excursions; that would make Billies look like a short cut.

It may be that you have gone a long, long way, in your life. It may be that many admire the accomplishments in your life. But does the distance and the accomplishments really matter in the eternal scheme of things, if it was in the wrong direction that you have traveled with your life, and the wrong things that have been accomplished?

What do you do if you have taken a whopper of a wrong turn, and are even farther off course than Billie? What is the solution? The only solution is to turn around, and go back to where you got off course. Then take the right path, which you missed originally. "Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day (Psalm 25:4-5)." "Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He teaches sinners in the way. The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way. All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies (Psalm 25:8-10)."

Allow the Lord to guide your paths.

Copyright © 2003-2011. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me reach out to them.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on Godtube at: connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST http://www.kkbifm.com/
Several videos of Clarks sermons can be found at his church website: http://www.fbcbrokenbow.com

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You may SUBSCRIBE to the html text group by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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