"Ponder the path of your feet, and let your ways be established."
Proverbs 4:26 NKJV
Solomon is clearly stating that a person needs to be careful of becoming sidetracked. Confusion can enter our life when, perhaps, we haven't listened properly or understood what to do; or when too many people are telling us different things. We are to ponder the path of our feet. This means, we need to decide if what we are doing or where we are going is right for us. God will tell us, but we need to ask Him and then obey.
Oppression, depression, fear and torment are strong contenders for entering our life when we are unsure of the road ahead. We need to beware of having our brains clogged with different ideas or advice and listen to Jesus. He knows the way. Brain overload is not healthy. When I was at Uni, all those years ago, when I didn't understand what an essay requirement was about, sometimes I would ask a couple of students what they thought. Their explanation was so different, that I decided to stop doing this and asked God instead. It is far better because, He knows the way and helps us to ponder our path.
God wants to do a repair job on each of us. We have all been wounded from time to time and the baggage we carry is heavy. This causes us a spirit of heaviness (Isaiah 61:3) and the answer to this, is to allow God to do some work on us and turn us into trees of righteousness - a planting of the LORD (Isaiah 61:3). God encourages us to take up a garment of praise against the spirit of heaviness, which includes oppression, depression, fear and torment. It is not part of our make up. If we are righteous, these negative areas cannot dwell within us any longer, they belong to the devil, not us.
Therefore, when we ponder the path of our feet, we need to go straight to Jesus and allow Him to 'rebuild the old ruins, to raise up the former desolations and repair the ruined cities - the desolations of many generations' (Isaiah 61:4). Who hasn't felt this way? We all have at some time. Probably this is where you are at this time. Take a step back and let God get a look in. He has far more power and experience that you will ever have. Let Him do the repair job. You wouldn't stand over a mechanic who is working on your car - surely. So, don't try to get in the way of Jesus. Be confident that He knows what He is doing.
Listen - is that the sound of a heavenly cement mixer? Is there also a lorry, driven by an angel, with heavenly building blocks loaded on the back coming up your drive? If you can hear this, probably its time to ponder your path, accept that Jesus needs to do a repair job on you. Don't get sidetracked, let Him do it.
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