The RIGHT direction

 

Psalm 94:8

King James Version

8 Understand, 

ye brutish among the people: 

and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

What direction should you take in life?

Who can tell you which path to take?

Who can you trust?

What should you believe in?

Are you looking for something with more soul, substance, and spirit?

Let's have a look at what the intellectual world offers.

Ever heard of the "4 cardinal directions"?

In psychology, they say it's what the 12 archetypes are "seeking to realise".

Namely:

1. Ego -- leaving a mark on the world

2. Order -- providing structure to the world

3. Social -- connecting to others

4. Freedom -- yearning for paradise

Are those what you seek, too?

Or, perhaps, you seek something different?

Something simpler, perhaps?

Something sure?

Now, look to the WORD of GOD.

What does the Bible say about all that?

What is Scripture's counterpart to all those four?

1. Leaving a mark on the world.

Believers in JESUS don't need to.

John the Baptist says this about JESUS:

John 3:30-35

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30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 He that cometh from above is above all: 

he that is of the earth is earthly, 

and speaketh of the earth: 

he that cometh from heaven 

is above all.

JESUS says this about humility:

Matthew 19:30

King James Version

30 But many that are first shall be last; 

and the last shall be first.

Matthew 20:16

King James Version

16 So the last shall be first, and the first last:

for many be called, but few chosen.

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2. Providing structure to the world.

GOD does all that.

We don't have such power.

JESUS tells us so:

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

GOD structures EVERYTHING.

Psalm 24:1

King James Version

24 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 

the world, and they that dwell therein.

To know GOD's capabilities, read "The ONLY Power is of GOD", "The MIGHT, POWER, and GLORY of GOD", and "The GOD things".

3. Connecting to others.

The only connection we need is fellowship with JESUS.

Which takes care of fellowship with others.

1 John 1:7

King James Version

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 

we have fellowship one with another, 

and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son 

cleanseth us from all sin.

This is the only connection we need -- through JESUS:

Romans 12:5

King James Version

5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, 

and every one members one of another.

1 Corinthians 12:13

King James Version

13 For by one Spirit 

are we all baptized into one body, 

whether we be Jews or Gentiles, 

whether we be bond or free; 

and have been all made to drink 

into one Spirit.

That fellowship succeeds when we are born again, as JESUS commanded us to be:

John 3:5-8

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, 

and thou hearest the sound thereof, 

but canst not tell whence it cometh, 

and whither it goeth: 

so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Know more about fellowship through "BODY of CHRIST".

4. Yearning for paradise.

Only through JESUS can we have that.

The LORD declared these:

John 3:16-17

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16 For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 

but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him 

might be saved.

John 14:1-4

King James Version

14 Let not your heart be troubled: 

ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father's house are many mansions: 

if it were not so, I would have told you. 

I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 

I will come again, and receive you unto myself; 

that where I am, there ye may be also.

4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

John 14:6

King James Version

6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, the truth, and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, 

but by me.

Remember the thief, who appealed to JESUS, as they hung on their crosses?

Luke 23:42

King James Version

42 And he said unto Jesus, 

Lord, remember me when thou comest 

into thy kingdom.

Witness what JESUS replied:

Luke 23:43

King James Version

43 And Jesus said unto him, 

Verily I say unto thee, 

Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Know more about "CITIZENSHIP in HEAVEN" here.

The world is purposely complex.

So you'll get confused.

So you'll be under the mercy of the elite.

So you'll be putty in Satan's hands.

So you'll perish from your sins.

In sharp contrast, GOD offers you JESUS.

Who died on the cross for us.

Who gave us salvation.

Who taught us how to love GOD.

Who taught us to obey GOD's will.

That's why we LOVE Scripture.

It gives us the RIGHT direction.

ALWAYS towards CHRIST.

For the GLORY of GOD.

It's never been about self.

It's always been about GOD.

Amen.

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