Path

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.  —Proverbs 3:6 (NASB)

Have you ever navigated an aerial ropes course?  Think obstacle course elevated a couple of stories, then add in wiggling.  Typically, a course consists of elements such as swinging bridges, tightropes, cargo nets and the occasional zip line.  The safety harness and belay system keep one from falling to certain injury, but the adrenaline rush remains whether one has a fear of heights or not.  

The course I traversed today had multiples paths, some zigzagging, some going uphill and down.  I had to carefully evaluate which way to go.  Did I want a challenge?  Did I want the quickest way to the zipline?  Some were easy, and some made my legs a little shaky.  One conquered me, forcing me to find an alternative way through until I could tiredly hoist my way to a platform.

I can see a parallel here.  When faced with a decision, I have to evaluate the options.  God tells me in today’s verse that if I let Him lead, He will direct me to the straight path, the one without obstacles, the one that won’t make my legs shake, the one that won’t conquer me.  He has my back and won’t let me fall.  And I find that watching His plan play out, and when He makes His involvement so obvious, that it gives me a rush, a desire to see what He’ll do next.