Jesus Our Guide

GOOD MORNING,
 
THERE IS A HARBOR IN ITALY THAT CAN BE REACHED ONLY BY SAILING UP A NARROW CHANNEL BETWEEN VERY DANGEROUS ROCKS AND SHOALS.  NUMEROUS SHIPS HAVE SUNK OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE THE PASSAGE IS SO HAZARDOUS.
 
TO HELP REDUCE THIS DANGER, THREE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN MOUNTED ON THREE TALL POLES IN THE HARBOR TO GUIDE THE SHIPS SAFELY INTO PORT.  WHEN THESE LIGHTS ARE LINED UP PERFECTLY AND SEEN AS ONE, A SHIP CAN MOVE SAFELY UP THE NARROW CHANNEL TO THE HARBOR.  BUT IF THE SHIP'S PILOT SEES TWO OR THREE LIGHTS, HE KNOWS HE'S OFF COURSE AND IN DANGER.  ADJUSTMENTS MUST BE MADE AT ONCE.
 
HOW ARE WE TO KNOW IF WE ARE ON THE RIGHT COURSE IN THIS CHRISTIAN LIFE? WE PRAY, ASKING GOD FOR GUIDANCE; BUT CAN WE STILL FEEL UNCERTAIN, UNSAFE, UNEASY?  I CAN REMEMBER EARLY ON IN THIS JOURNEY, BEING GIVEN SOME ADVISE ALONE THIS LINE.  IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE THREE POWERFUL INFLUENCES AVAILABLE TO EVERY BELIEVER. NOT UNLIKE THOSE THREE LIGHTS ON THOSE THREE POLES IN THE CHANNEL.   
 
      (1) THE WORD OF GOD,
      (2) THE HOLY SPIRIT,
      (3) THE COUNSEL OF GODLY MEN.
 
IF THESE LINE UP, I'M MADE TO BELIEVE WE CAN SAFELY MOVE ON.
 
PSALM 1:  (1) "BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT WALKETH NOT IN THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY, NOR STANDETH IN THE WAY OF SINNERS, NOR SITTETH IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL.  (2) BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD; AND IN HIS LAW DOTH HE MEDIATE DAY AND NIGHT.  (3) AND HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER, THAT BRINGETH FORTH HIS FRUIT IN HIS SEASON; HIS LEAF ALSO SHALL NOT WITHER; AND WHATSOEVER HE DOETH SHALL PROSPER.  (4) THE UNGODLY ARE NOT SO: BUT ARE LIKE THE CHAFF WHICH THE WIND DRIVETH AWAY. (5)  THEREFORE THE UNGODLY SHALL NOT STAND IN THE JUDGMENT, NOT SINNERS IN THE CONGREGATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS. (6) FOR THE LORD KNOWETH THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS: BUT THE WAY OF THE UNGODLY SHALL PERISH."  PSALMS 1
 
IF YOU ARE CONFUSED TODAY, LET THE LORD REMOVE THAT CONFUSION, WITH HIS WORD, HIS HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE GODLY MEN AND WOMEN THAT HE HAS PLACED IN YOUR LIFE.  REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE LOVED!!!

Henry