Am I On The Right Path?

We’ve all gotten lost in our cars, on the wrong road, which moves our hearts with a horrible feeling of frustration. Today we have so many helps with our Google Maps, Siri and GPS in our cars. But who can help us with our challenging life-changing decisions. Maybe it’s deciding who I will marry, how to have a healthy balance in my bank statement, how to find God’s purpose, blueprint, and plan for my life. God is clear that “He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name."  ^{(Ps 23:3 NLT)} God is not only the person who places us on the right path, but He also gives us Guidelines to keep us on the right path. Does God really guide people? Ask yourself:

Am I on the RIGHT path? ^{(Galatians 5:22-25)}

• Love Will Prove You’re On The Right Path.   If you’re on the path of revenge, anger, and getting back at someone who did you wrong, then without a doubt you’re on the wrong path. God says to forgive and release those who have betrayed you and did you wrong. If you live long enough, someone will hurt you, But it could catapult you into your destiny like the Lord Jesus. Judas betrayed Christ, but it launched Him into His destiny. It may birth new beginnings in your life!  Say like Joseph, “What you did, you meant it for evil, but God meant this for good.” (Gen 50:20)
• JOY Will Prove You’re On The Right Path. Only Christ can give you everlasting, eternal joy. Joy is not in having stuff like cars, homes, lands, beautiful diamonds, riches in the bank, or getting married to your first love. You really can’t make somebody happy; that’s only temporary. True happiness comes from a “Relationship with the Lord Jesus.” Joy doesn’t come because somebody fills your joy tank. Only God can fill that vacuum in your achy breaky heart!
• PEACE Will Prove You’re On The Right Path.   You can be in the middle of a storm, but you can also have Peace right in the middle of your storm. The storm may be all around you, but God can give you peace regardless of the storm you are in. “Thou will keep us in Perfect Peace whose mind is on thee.”^{(Ish 26:3)}
• PATIENCE Will Prove You’re On The Right Path.  When you’re making quick decisions because you want your dream sooner than you’re willing to wait for, pushing God will only lead you to greater pain. Abraham had a son named Ishmael because he didn’t want to wait for his Promised son Isaac.
• GOODNESS Will Prove You’re On The Right Path. Have you looked back and said, “Now that was a good deal.” You waited on the right relationship that God desired, the right job and the right fit came your way. That is the evidence that God made it happen and you’re on the right track.
• KINDNESS Will Prove You’re on the Right Path.  It’s easy being kind to nice people but what about the one who is mean? Jesus would have us to be kind even to the vilest of sinners.
• FAITHFULNESS Will Prove You’re On The Right Path.  All of us can get weary of trouble, problems, pressures, and stress, but God calls us to be faithful to our spouse, our work, our ministry, our friends and our God. Stick to it. God is able to keep that which we have committed. (2 Tim 1:12)
• GENTLENESS  Will Prove You’re On The Right Path.  Are you being challenged with somebody that has unnerved you? Guess what; you and I are human, but God will give us the grace to season our words with gentleness, That is His will.
• SELF CONTROL Will Prove You’re On The Right Path.  There’s nobody in life who doesn’t struggle with something. When the Krispy Kreme red light is on, I truly struggle driving past that donut shop! Controlling your emotions or your appetite is a sign that you are keeping things in balance. No, it’s not a sin to eat a single luscious chocolate donut with vanilla crème, (that is as long as I don’t eat a dozen at the same time!)