Day 16: The Ancient Pathways
“And the LORD will continually guide you,
And satisfy your desire in scorched places,
And give strength to your bones;
And you will be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.”
When your heart and motivation are in the right place, and when the reason for your fast is less about your expectation and more about God’s impartation, He will continually guide you.
He will guide you on your path to freedom.
He will walk with you on your path to restoration.
He will lead you on your path to wholeness.
Your guide must be God. Your guide must be the Way-maker. The One who, before the foundations of the earth, prepared a pathway for you to walk upon (Ephesians 2:10).
God speaks these beautiful and instructive words through the prophet Jeremiah when He says,
“Thus says the LORD: Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.”
Do not seek the newest trend, the newest philosophy, the latest fad. God says, “Ask about the ancient pathways where there is always good… then walk in that way and you will find rest for your soul.”
What is the ancient pathway? God calls His people to stand at the gate and ask the wise sages about the old ways of living a life that pleases Him. These are the everlasting paths God laid down from the beginning of time – paths that are pleasant and pleasing.
It is God’s desire to lead you in the way everlasting. But to be refreshed and restored, you have to make a concerted and a purposeful decision to seek out the ancient path that God would lead you down. If you want your life to change, you have to choose to change through action.
What is that path for you?
The path of prayer?
The path of worship?
The path of devotion?
The path of surrender?
The path of discipline?
The path of forgiveness
The path of selfless living?
The path of being still and listening?
In your action box write your response to this question. What path are you seeking today?
