The Crossroads

This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.' Jeremiah 6:16

Life has many times that we come to a point where we are presented choices, where we stand at a Crossroads and have to choose which way to go. God has given us a mind to logically think through these choices. I see 3 things in this verse... first you have to Stand and Look - you have to know where you are and what is around you... next, you need to Ask - ask for direction, ask questions about where each path would tak you, this is considering your options. In other words, don't make hasty dicisions, think things through and don't act on the emotion of it all.... and finally, Walk - go on the path God is leading, stepping out in faith and knowing HE is in control.

The second part of this verse is the response that the Isrealites gave to God's instruction... but how many of Us, at times, don't follow the path that God has for us. We venture off on our own, taking situations into our own hands? I have many times done this and messed up life. Not that God hasn't worked for the good in those situations, but it would have been SOOO much easier to go in the right way to begin with.