The path of the just is walked in faith. Eyes open, heart ready to receive what God has to give. Not blindly following The Word of God, but obediently following, holding onto Love's right hand. Trusting with the heart of a child, going wherever and whenever God leads us.
The path of the just is narrow, the width of two walking together: Jesus and I, or Jesus and you. At first there is only room for one it seems. We see Jesus and our heart leaps within us. Walking or running towards Him, we place our hand in His. Eventually, as we become more like Jesus in every way, we appear to become one figure on this path.
The path of the just is lit by the Light of God's Mercy and Grace through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. When we allow The Holy Spirit of God to clean us up, Christ's Light shines through us more clearly. As you well know, clean up processes such as this take several days, sometimes months; perhaps, even, years. Only when the process is finished do we reach our 'perfect day'.
More and more the Light of Christ must shine through us. Why? To reach out into the evil world and pull someone to safety is the Christian's job description: Go (ye) forth into all the world and preach the gospel. Mark 16:15. The world is a dark and lonely place. It it not safe here, yet here we are. Someone shone the Light of Christ into our darkness and pulled us into safety: into the salvation that is only found in Jesus Christ.
Do not write this world off just yet. Do not give up. Persevere. Stand fast. Hold. The perfect day is coming and you and I need to be ready to greet it with joy, with dancing, with laughter. Fear not, God tells us, over and over in His Word. He is with us. Knowing God is not just close by, but with us, we have nothing to fear in this world, in this life, on this path.
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