The Fresh Road Ahead- revised, I forgot a whole paragraph!! oops

I took this picture this morning on my way home from taking my husband to the bus. It was about 615 AM and the snow was fresh. I was the first person on this road in my subdivision. My apartment is somewhere behind all that darkness. I had to stop and take a picture. It was quiet, beautiful, kind of creepy in some ways, but more beautiful than anything. Not the best picture, it was after all taken with my phone, so sorry about that, no flash, just the light of my headlights. If I turned them off, I would have been in pitch blackness! You can make out driveways on the sides. Thank goodness for that, otherwise I wouldn't be able to know where the road ended and where it started!

Which brings me to The Lord.
Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
This road is one I go down a couple times a day, so I know it very well. I maybe could have driven without the guides of the driveways to lead the way, but what if I HAD turned off my lights? Would I have been able to find my way home?
I don't think I would have tried!! As it was I drove slow and deliberate, there are woods near by and one slip and I would have ended up with the deer!

In all ways acknowledge Him. It says He will make our path straight.
What does that mean?!!
Well for me it means that when I acknowledge the Lord, He usually makes it clear to me what I should do.

Praying is how we speak to God, so I was taught to pray A.C.T.S.
Acknowledge who He is. The God of the universe, who created me.
Confess my sins. I have many.
Thank Him. I have a lot to thank Him for.
Submit. Submit to Him my requests.
With proper attitude.
I don't always do this. So I don't always get my prayers answered.
Sometimes I am not listening.
Sometimes I am a brat and want to do my own thing.
Sometimes I am so far out with my attitude, my actions, my insincerity, my lack of faith, that I'm short circuiting my own request.  (John 9:31, Psalm 66:18, Isiah 59:2, James 1:6-7, James 4:3, Ps 66:18, Isa 59:2, Jer 14:10-12, Proverbs 28:9, Heb 11:6, James 1:6)

But when I pray with an attitude of first  Acknowledging who He is in my life, Confessing my sins, Thanking Him for my life, and then Submission, I find I do usually get my answers or at least a path to take, even if it isn't the one I was seeking (and it usually isn't!)
And if my request is something to please Him, He usually makes straight the path for me.
That is IF he wants me to do that. If it's something that He is not leading me to do, I find that path becomes zig zaggy and not clear.
When we acknowledge who HE is, The God of the universe and of all things good and noble and right, our path can be clear, easier than if we tried it on our own.

I find, when I follow things, people, go some place, look at something, etc, that is not of God, not clean, pure, holy, pleasing to Him, I find that 'path' is not so good.
Its dark, with no markers to find my way, it can get slippery, dirty, make me feel crummy.
Sometimes, lead to pits, those are the worst!
But following Him, asking Him, Acknowledging Him and who He is, will never get me down the wrong path! It may not be the path I wanted, but His path is Never wrong!

So the next time you find yourself in a situation where you don't know what path to take,
A.C.T.S. and then see what happens.

Jesus has that way of clearing the path for us.
He did after all die for us. Me. You.
He walked that path first.
Paved the way He did.
He came and did what we can not do on our own.
He saved us through His Grace.
He will lead us, if we just Acknowledge who He is, and ask Him to make our path straight.
Try it.
I bet the road is clear and the way is sure. (better than if you had tried on your own)
Better than trusting in the sidelines and hoping your remember your way, or hoping you can figure it out for yourself.
Trust HIM!
Let Him lead your path!
See what happens.
You won't be disappointed!