Pathways Part 2 | Steuart Payne | 26th March 2023

Pastor Steu speaks this week for the second time in the series Pathways.  Last week he spoke about pathways in scripture often being physical journeys that people took and then went on to talk about journeys being the course of our lives and the wise choices we need to make. 

When we put our faith in Jesus for Salvation, we automatically are given access to the path of righteousness. We become children of God even though we still live in this world. Representing God’s kingdom, we need to know how to live in the ways of His kingdom. Matthew 6:31-33 (NLT) says “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God[e] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need”.  So, living God’s way brings incredible blessing to our lives. The enemy however, wants to take us off God’s path. In Psalm 23 we see that walking closely with Jesus is the key, we are led by still waters, our souls are restored, we are led in the path of righteousness and even when we are in the valley of the shadow of death we fear nothing!

However the right path is often the hard path! Taking God’s path for our lives is possible but may not be easy (1 Corinthians 10:13). 1 Peter 2:9-12 tells us we are a chosen people and can show others the goodness of God, because He called us out from darkness into His wonderful light.

We may stumble and fall, in the future or in the past, but today is a new day and God is calling us to take His path that will lead us into a blessed and abundant life.