The Wayward Path that Proverbs Warns us About – Which path of life will you follow?

I was reminded this morning of the season in my life in which I walked along a wayward path. At a time when I professed with my mouth that I was a follower of Christ, my actions, choices, thoughts, and life did not align with my verbiage. The wayward path was the path I chose to follow at that time. I had concocted an idol of how and where I wanted God to fit into my life. I had cut Him out of all other areas so I could live how I pleased. It was very self-serving, following closely along to the lukewarm the Bible warns about. I knew of God, but I didn’t know God.

Wisdom will guide your path…

Proverbs alone reflects on the wayward path and the blameless path (in essence) around 86 times. Wisdom, or the lack thereof, will guide you down one or the other.

Wisdom isn’t the end all, be all though. I only mean that wisdom itself is not our saving grace, it is a gift to those with humility. That is to say, a humble spirit will be able to accept it as a gift from God and let it truly transform our lives. All in all, our sense of self HAS to be seen in a lower position than a ‘god’ that will fit and hide seamlessly into our sin-filled lives, only coming out of the shadows when we deem it appropriate.

Seek it out…

Praying for wisdom is a blessed start, and ought to be a part of our daily lives:

My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight, and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom….

Proverbs 2:1-6a, emphasis added

God honors heartfelt requests for wisdom when humble hearts truly seek Him. Click To Tweet

This is not a passive faith we enter into. It is active and alive, bursting with fullness and life. God honors heartfelt requests for wisdom when humble hearts truly seek Him.

It’s important to realize, our active searching for wisdom will reveal for us the paths we are to take in life. Our old paths, the wayward paths, will be revealed for what they were. They will serve to help us understand why we ought to look Heavenward as we traverse the tumultuous terrain that most dare not tread.

What we thought was an easy nature trail, was really our apathetic approach to the Christian walk. Click To Tweet

What we thought was an easy nature trail, was really our apathetic approach to the Christian walk.

Never step foot on the wayward path…

[M]y son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths.

Proverbs 1:15

Be aware of who you travel through life with. Be on guard that you don’t even step foot on their path. If the step moving you is not leading you Heavenward, then it’s leading you away from God no matter what or who led you away.

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