To Walk In His Way

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for January 22
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To Walk In His Way

The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be
to the workers of iniquity. Prov. 10:29.

If from the beginning we had walked in the counsel of God, thousands
more would have been converted to the present truth. But many have made
crooked paths for their feet. My brethren, make straight paths, lest the
lame be turned out of the way. Let no one follow a crooked path that
some one else has made, for thus you would not only go astray yourself,
but would make this crooked path plainer for some one else to follow.
Determine that as for yourself, you will walk in the path of obedience.
Know for a certainty that you are standing under the broad shield of
Omnipotence. Realize that the characteristics of Jehovah must be
revealed in your life, and that in you a work must be accomplished that
will mold your character after the divine similitude. Yield yourself to
the guidance of Him who is the Head over all.

We are doing our work for the judgment. Let us be learners of Jesus. We
need His guidance every moment. At every step we should inquire, "Is
this the way of the Lord?" not, "Is this the way of the man who is over
me?" We are to be concerned only as to whether we are walking in the way
of the Lord.

God will honor and uphold every true-hearted, earnest soul who is
seeking to walk before Him in the perfection of Christ's grace. He will
never leave nor forsake one humble, trembling soul. Shall we believe
that He will work in our hearts? that if we allow Him to do so, He will
make us pure and holy, by His rich grace qualifying us to be laborers
together with Him? Can we with keen, sanctified perception appreciate
the strength of His promises, and appropriate them, not because we are
worthy, but because by living faith we claim the righteousness of
Christ?

There is nothing so great and powerful as God's love for those who are
His children.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 32