The Path to Follow

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Psalm 16:11

God reveals to us the path of life and the world leads us on a road to death.

Please pay no attention, my lord, to the wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name — his name means a fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.

1 Samuel 25:25

Nabal was marked on a road to death. Denying David and his men anything to eat after they protected his men and sheep in the wilderness while he partied his life away, David was having no way with it and he was heading to kill Nabal and all of his people. But one of Nabal’s men recognized his foolish ways and went to his wife Abigail to tell her what Nabal had done.

Just because the people around you are going in one direction doesn’t mean it is the only direction or the right direction to take.

Abigail had a choice to make. She found herself at a fork in the road, follow her husbands foolish ways or follow the path to David pleading for her life. Abigail knew what was right even if it wasn’t what her husband wanted, and her right decision led to saving many lives. Nabal, on the other hand was saved from death by David, but still found death at the hand of God. And as life would have it, Nabal’s death led David to ask Abigail to be his wife.

Abigail’s decision to follow the path marked by God lead her to a vibrant life as wife to a king.

Same goes for us. Choosing to follow the Lord leads us to a life filled with Joy, but choosing to follow the world leads from life to death.

I’m not saying the path the Lord reveals will be peachy keen jelly bean because the path of life has many trials. But on this particular path, the trials that will be there are filtered through the hands of God and lightened by His Presence. He will give us Peace and Joy among the trials, and provide us with the Hope of an eternal heavenly kingdom in the end. All the While the path of the world will have trials as well, but no peace is found, confusion abounds, and no joy or Hope will avail. Continuance on the path of the world will lead to death like Nabal with no Hope of a Heavenly Home awaiting.

I don’t know about you, but I desire the path of life. I desire to follow after the Lord even if everyone else is heading in another direction. The other path may seem more fun or easier in the moment, but I’d rather be in the presence of King Jesus for Eternity.

Abigail chose the right path which led to life and love that was unexpected. She was given life by being humble and given marriage to a king because of her faithfulness.

What path do you choose? The path of the world that leads to death or the path of the Lord that leads to eternal life?