Devotions: Making the Right Choice

I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your ordinances before me.

Psalm 119:30 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

How do we live? How do we choose what to do and how to act? It is interesting to note that the original Hebrew verb for “I have placed” can also mean to resemble or become like. The way that we make sure we are on the right path is first to choose the right path. We always have a choice, and we need to make sure that choice is the right one. The best way to make sure that we choose the right path, though, is to keep God’s perfect judgments or ordinances in front of us. If we are continually in the Word and keeping that line open with God, He will make the right path obvious. However, there is another way to do that as well, and that is to make sure that we are already living it. If we “resemble” the ordinances of God, we will know what path to choose because it will be the one that is “like” us. If our lifestyle (another translation for “way”) is according to God’s ordinances, it will be natural to choose the path that is already aligned with that way of life. That is how we choose the right way, by living the right way. How do you live? Do your choices and lifestyle match what God’s Word says? Ask God to help direct your path, but also ask Him to help you “resemble” His Word.

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Translations of Greek and Hebrew words taken from blueletterbible.org