"A PLAIN PATH!"

Psalms 27:7-14                   (KJV)
"7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: HAVE MERCY also upon me, and answer me. 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. 9 HIDE NOT THY FACE FAR FROM ME; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in "A PLAIN PATH," because of mine enemies. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 WAIT ON THE LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: WAIT, I SAY, on the LORD."


The direction we take with our lives is not given the forethought it should require.  We get to a crossroad in our life and we think we need to make a decision quickly to avoid an interruption of how things are going.  The sad part is, most of us are in a "fast-lane" mentality and we don't slow our lives down long enough to see the blessings we may be missing out on?

King David was "a man after God's own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14),  King David had many victories in his life.  But he also had his moments of failing to follow The LORD with his actions.  In verse 11 above, David implores The LORD to "teach me thy way" and to "lead me in "A PLAIN PATH".  The 1599 Geneva Bible translates these three words to be "a RIGHT path".  David knew the consequences of missing the will of GOD, and even though the alternatives appeared to be the easiest way out of his difficulty, he wanted to make sure that he was on the RIGHT path.  King David wanted to make sure he was on "A PLAIN PATH" for The LORD.

There is nothing as fulfilling as knowing you and The LORD are walking hand in hand.   Verse 9 above King David requests The LORD to "hide not thy face far from me" and to "leave me not"!  There were those who tried to get David to get ahead of GOD's plan (1 Samuel 24:11), but David waited on GOD's timing and was blessed beyond measure for it.  King David knew that if he waited on "A PLAIN PATH" from The LORD that it would be far better than a path he forged for himself.

The journey we wind up taking in our lives can be like a driver in rush hour traffic in a major city.  Everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere so they can remain being in a hurry!  We try to get on an expressway so we can sit in a traffic jam for hours!   GOD's word is full of instructions to "wait on The LORD"!  We cannot go wrong if we listen to The LORD and follow "A PLAIN PATH" directed by HIM.