DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Desire Paths -

As a college student a few years back😊 I lived in a dorm quite a ways from the center (quad) of campus.  My best friends and I loved it out there.  Lots of space around Blue Ridge dorm to throw a frisbee or play flag football, or play Pink Floyd way too loud..

 

But the walk to food service, or class, or our work study assignment was long!  At least an 18 year old college kid thought so..

 

But thankfully, students before us had made shortcuts thru the grass. Did you know that  unofficial trails that permit deviation from the prescribed route are known as “desire paths?” You can find them anywhere humans have decided the official trail is too hard.  In fact, some colleges or even towns wait until these “desire paths” show up, then put in a sidewalk!

 

That’s true in religion too. We have a tendency to seek the easier or quicker path. An individual or a group of religious folk will make a decision to alter the prescribed path and create a religious shortcut, and eventually, it gets “concreted” as doctrine.  

 

That’s dangerous!  Jeremiah 6.16 says “Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.”

 

While a “desire path” may sound like a good idea, one that’s easier, one that’s smoother, or more “acceptable”, stick with God’s path.  Ultimately, the destination is better! ~jme

 

P.S.  Years ago the college put a sidewalk over our desire path.. college kids these days have it so easy!

 

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