Loading... Job 23:11 - HIS WAY
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Job 23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Imagine yourself walking on a goat path on some high mountain. On one side of you is a cliff rising high up into the clouds, on the other side is another cliff dropping hundreds of feet. If you were on such a path, you would be patient testing each step before you committed. You would have no problem staying on the path and not deviating.
Now imagine yourself in a plush green meadow. As far as the eye can see is waste high green grass. Going through the middle of the meadow is a well worn path. You have never been in this meadow before and you have two choices, either take the path that is well established or you can brave a new trail and go where no one has gone before.
The problem with the second choice is that there can be dangers that you are not aware of. Just because it is a huge flat meadow, it does not mean that there are not areas of quick sand or other hazards that you would not see if you were off the beaten path. Going through this meadow you probably would not be nearly as careful about your next step as you would be on that goat path high in the mountains.
In your spiritual life, there will be times when you think the way is clear. However, just because it seems obvious to you what the perfect will of God is, it does not mean that there are not some hidden traps. We would do well not to be hasty in our spiritual walk. Just because something seems right in our eyes, it does not mean that this is a part of his perfect will.
On multiple occasions, David had the opportunity to take the life of Saul. David had been anointed king so if anyone had the right to kill Saul, it was David. However, even though he was given great opportunities to avenge his life of his enemy, David did not decline from the ways of God. David chose to do what was right in the eyes of God.
David was not perfect. David chose to have many wives and concubines which was a direct violation of the law of Moses for a king. David chose to commit adultery with Bath-sheba. David chose to kill Bath-sheba’s husband. David chose to number the people so as to see how strong his armies were.
There were plenty of occasions when David strayed from the perfect plan of God. When David did that which was right in his own eyes, God punished David and caused him to return to the path that God had for him. When Saul was king, Saul would just make excuses for his actions and that is one of the main reasons why the kingdom stayed in the lineage of David.
It is not easy living according to the perfect will of God. Satan does a good job of blinding us to God’s perfect plan for our life. Just like the well worn path was an option for you in the meadow, so doing the perfect will of God is always available to you if you will just stop and allow HIM to open your eyes.
Do not go rushing forward with your life if you do not know what HIS perfect will is for you. Instead, stop and wait for HIM to open your eyes. You do not have to be like David when he saw Bath-sheba and simply took what he wanted. Instead, it is much better to follow the David who patiently waited for God to open the door for HIM to become the king. David was patient and did not take matters into HIS own hands and God rewarded David.