The Journey Continues: Life-force truths
My journey has taught many “life-force truths.” In my life, when facing choices, I used my own guide that the “The hard way is the right way.” If I have faced choices with close variables, I always wanted to choose the harder way over the easier way.
1. In life, one cannot have anything both ways. Examples include being a smoker vs a nonsmoker. Being faithful in marriage while at home and unfaithful while away from home. Driving too fast but never taking the responsibility of paying a ticket. Proverbs 10:9 points out, “The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.”
2. In life, we must keep many “balls in the air” concurrently because God has equipped us to keep our own physical, mental, emotional and spiritual selves fit at the same time. It leads to a well-rounded life. King David wrote, “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil” after the lines: “I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures.” I think awareness of the Holy Spirit of God is the “green pasture” of life, which keeps us balanced when evil comes our way. “I shall not want” doesn’t refer to physical surroundings but rather to an awareness that we are equipped to face life.
3. In life, we must not prejudge others. None of us can look at another and determine their skills or abilities or dreams. We therefore should always practice the “Golden Rule” — listen to everyone like you would like to be listened to with respect especially if they have a very different point of view! James 2:8 says, “If you fulfill the royal law according to the scriptures, ‘thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,’ ye do well.”
4. In life, there is a great counselor available in times of trouble/problems. In John 16:33, Jesus says, “I have come to tell you these things so you can have peace. In this world you shall have trouble, but do not fear, I have overcome the world.” In my role as a counselor, I suggest three actions: a. Acknowledge God through prayer and, showing faith by leaving my request at the cross. b. Practicing patience as you deal with the situation and don’t do anything stupid. c. Recall that the power that raised Jesus from the dead is to be trusted. We end our Lord’s Prayer by saying: “For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.”
Trust that eternal power and He will direct your path.
