BBD 07.02.03 A Little Wrong Turn
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07.02.03
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. But he ended up a little off the path after he took a little wrong
turn on the other side of the Atlantic on Staten Island. 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 and starts and side excursions that would make Billie's 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.
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