path
eveyday human beings make choice.
and every choice is the path.
path that leads us to life.
or path that leads us to death.
life is a journey. we are in a journey to something.
physically speaking, to death of course.
we all will die here.
but our souls are eternal.
where will they go?
what kind of destination?
life or death.
every path has their own marketers.
marketers of path leading to death calling us to do unjust things.
to make it interesting, they inform valuable rewards in their ads.
well, you’ll get that reward eventually.
but that dishonest gain will steal your life.
your souls will be hold captive.
you will be dead, when you are still alive.
you will think you’re not dead. when you actually are.
meanwhile,
marketers of path leading to life also shouting in the public spaces.
she is called wisdom.
she may seem unpleasant, she likes to rebuke people.
she doesn’t tell sweet but deceitful things.
she just loves to teach understanding, justice, and righteousness.
things that are not very popular.
no ads promising quick rewards.
but your soul will be satisfied when you really listen to her speech.
if you are humble enough to be taught, rebuked, and corrected.
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so which one will you follow?
both marketers are calling you!
you decided which one you will hear.
there is no “and”. only “or”.
you can’t choose both.
because each path leads to different destination.
“but it’s too complicated!! i have decision fatigue.”
i have a good news for you.
Proverbs 3:5–6.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.
He will make your our paths straight.
“but how?”
submit to Him in all our ways (not partial, but ALL).
“but how to submit to Him? it’s not easy lah.”
of course it’s not easy to submit when we don’t trust Him.
so we need to train our heart to trust the Lord with ALL our hearts.
it can’t be 99.9% trust. it needs to be 100%.
“okay, lemme try. ……. well, okay… I think He directs me to do this, but… wait, it doesn’t make sense (especially in this economy)?!”
well, lean not on our own understanding.
detach yourself from reliance on our own understanding.
whatever kind of self-protection.
whatever that puts us as controller of our life.
train yourself to have a heart to trust again, just like children.
a heart that trusts You 100%.
such a beautiful heart.
it must be pleasing to You.
shape my heart, just like that, oh Lord.
a heart that’s able to trust You 100%.
i am longing for that kind of heart.
all these writings are inspired by Proverbs 1–3.
