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Standing in the Crossroads



This is what the LORD says: 
"Stand at the crossroads and look; 
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it, 
and you will find rest for your souls."
Jeremiah 6:16

Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

The entrance to the summer camp I attended had a gravel road with a fork. The left fork led to the visitor parking lot. The right to the trucks' garage and then became an overgrown dirt logging road. One evening as I was riding my horse, a Cadillac appeared on the garage road just before it became the logging road. The driver stopped, rolled down the window and asked, "Is this US Route 7?"

The people of ancient Judah were at a crossroad. They could turn toward God or they could continue down a path of self-destruction.
 
What do you do at a crossroads? Jeremiah says, ask for the ancient paths where the good way is. “Ancient,” means going back to creation and further. The ancient path is the good way. It’s morally good, beneficial and biblical. It’s leads to the correct destination. It’s the pathway that causes things to work together for good in our lives. It brings rest for your soul — inner peace, sensing God is in control, and you are in God's hands. It is like having a life anchored to a rock. 

For me, the ancient way is summed in Jesus response to the question, “What is the greatest commandment” and Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

It seems to me that when we are at a crossroad and need guidance, asking, “What is the ancient way for me?” God will open a path?

What do you think?


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