Have you seen The Wizard of Oz? There are some pretty crazy moments in the movie! And, the flying monkeys always creep me out!!! Do you remember the Yellow Brick Road? It was the road Dorothy was to follow to get to the Wizard of Oz, right? It was the path that would provide her with all the answers she needed. It was to be the path that led her, eventually, home.
Do you wish you had a personal "yellow brick road?" Do you long for a sure path that leads you to the answers in life? I think all of us do. I believe God placed that longing in our hearts.
I remember the sad commentary on today's young adults when Frank and I watched a popular movie. The main actor was just out of college. He was living with his buddies in a rental house. Everything was going along perfectly in his life until he finds out he is about to be a father. The gravity of the situation hits this irresponsible, consequence-free guy in the face. Reality has hit him for the first time, ever. Late at night, he calls up his father, who he hasn't talked to in years, and begins begging, pleading with his dad, "Just tell me what to do!"
This guy was looking for his own yellow brick road. He wanted answers. He wanted someone to tell him what to do.
For Christians, God has given us instructions on how to live (essentially, what we are suppose to do). In Psalm 119:105, David reminds us, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."
Make sure your sources for advice are from truthful, Godly people you respect and trust! And, make sure their advice is in line with what God has to say on the subject.
Check out what Psalms 119:97-105 has to say:
(97) O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. (98) Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine. (99) I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. (100) I understand more than the aged, Because I have observed Your precepts. (101) I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word. (102) I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, For You Yourself have taught me. (103) How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (104) From Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. (105) Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
And remember, a true friend tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.
Read on....
| Words Matter: Check Your Sources Posted: 19 Apr 2010 02:10 PM PDT "The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful." (Proverbs 12:5) I read recently that we each speak around 25,000 words a day -- and we hear many times more than that. It's no wonder we treat words like they're meaningless. It's easy to believe the old cliches: "Words are cheap." "You've got to walk the talk." "Sticks and stones . . ." But God's Word -- and specifically the seven verses from Proverbs 12 we'll look at this week -- says that words are powerful. For one, they reveal what's really going on in our hearts and minds. How we use them shows who we are. Today's verse tells us not to go looking for good advice from wicked people -- people who do wicked things. Their advice lies, either because they're really lying to us or because they don't know the truth themselves. If you want true advice, go to people known for telling the truth and doing good. More tomorrow. Think: Whose advice are you most likely to listen to? How careful are you about what voices you are willing to trust? Pray: Ask God to help you to make wise choices about who you trust to give you good advice. Do: Listen this week for words of advice offered from friends or media or other sources and think about who it is that is giving the advice and how you can know if that person is trustworthy.  |
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Mary E.Hickcox
www.CalvaryBaptistSM.org http://mary-neotes.blogspot.com/
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