THE ROAD OF LIFE....

Traveling on the "D" Roads to Nowhere

If you have ever been to a Little League baseball game and hung around until the game's end,  it is easy to see who won and who lost...if you look at the body language of the kids, it becomes quite evident in a matter of seconds. The winner's...heads held high, lots of high-fives and smiles on every face. The loser's... they look like they just watched their new puppy get hit by a car; tears streaming down their faces, staring aimlessly at the ground, barely able to put one foot in front of the other.  It is a total personification of defeat and the totally downcast feeling that comes with loss.

Perhaps you have had that feeling before as you travel through this life. It happens as you pull onto the road of defeat as this overwhelming feeling engulfs your every action. Downcast and forlorn, it seems that life has switched into slow motion and that nothing good will ever come your way again. As you travel further down this road, you find the name changes to discontentment as you dwell on your losses and relive your past defeats. If you continue to travel this superhighway, it will not be long before discontentment  will lead you on to the avenue of despair...a long road, lined on both sides with all your past failures and regrets. This is a treacherous road that too many people travel for a lifetime....and as they travel, they are constantly searching for a rest stop that offers hope, love, peace, joy, contentment and most of all, a relationship with someone that loves them in spite of who they are and is willing to travel with them on this journey of life. They try many things to fill the void they have as they travel this road....and if they cannot find that special "something," then before long that road becomes the road of destruction and death, often both physical and spiritual.

Yes, we all travel many roads in search of a "peace that passes all understanding";  but when it cannot be found, then many turn to booze, drugs, illicit sex, pornography, gambling, adultery or anything else that might fill that void in their life. So, if you find yourself on one of these "D" roads, I have good news for you!!!! There is someone who cares and loves you so much that He died for you so that you might travel a completely different road of "D's".

When you come to know Jesus as your personal Savior and Friend, He sets you on a new road that is small and narrow, but it is where you begin a new journey with Him as your guide and confidant.... IT IS THE ROAD OF DELIVERANCE....for He has saved you and is ready to pour into you. You turn onto the road of Dwelling as the Holy Spirit comes to dwell and live within you as your new life in Christ has begun. Gone is the constant searching for something to give your life meaning as you travel with Jesus on the road of Devotion and each day, as you take up your cross to follow Him, you speed down the highway of Determination to go where He leads, do what He says and tell others of the peace and love that now lives in your heart and soul. It is this peace, joy and love that flows from us that allows us to travel the road called Daring as we seek to share God's great and gracious love with those He places in our path. And last, but not least, is the road of Decisiveness....the road that encourages us each day to chose life with Jesus as we forsake the so-called "good things of this world."  As we travel this road, we can pursue the things that God has deemed worthy and that offer us eternal value as we "lay up in Heaven our treasures and bring eternal GLORY to GOD."

So, my friend,  on which road of "D's" do you now travel? Are you a friend of God or still an enemy as you seek to find something to give your life meaning? Get off the road that leads to eternal Damnation and Destruction and make the decision to Dare to believe that God loves YOU; sent His Son to die for you... and if you ask Him to save you by admitting you are a sinner and need Him as your Savior; then as you repent, the blood of Jesus covers your sin and your debt of sin is PAID IN FULL BY THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS...AND YOU NOW AND FOREVER BELONG TO HIM....and that belief now has you on the road to DISCIPLESHIP as you devote your life to living for Jesus. If you need help in making that decision, then just reach out to me at wpqmad@gmail.com and I will be happy to walk this road of decision with you. If you have made that decision, then...

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD,

WPQ

 

Poem for the day...

If you dare to walk alone in life

You will face troubles, toils and strife;

But you need not face them on your own...

When you walk with Jesus, you're not alone!

You have a constant friend with you

That's there to help in all you do.

A very constant friend, He will always be;

He's always there though you may not see...

The Hand of God is at work each day

As you travel each of life's highways....

He knows what lies in the road ahead;

Takes away each fear and all life's dread.

So my friend the choice is clear

Walk with Jesus, keep Him near.

For you will find  on each path you take...

He walks with you; He will not forsake.

 

WPQ © May 2022