People from across all cultures, classes, religions and denominations are all trying to find their way to Freedom,Personal Happiness, Marriage Harmony, Family Unity, Financial Freedom, Work Fulfilment and Community Peace and Prosperity.
The Ancient Paths or High Road to a good and Abundant Life are well marked and clearly defined. All we have to do is to trust the “engineer” Who built the paths or roads, look for them and then travel along them. We will then discover that they lead to an ABUNDANT LIFE that is good for us and pleasing to God. Invite people to take hands with you to look for and travel on the proven trodden High Road to be HAPPY, guilt-free, debt-free and stress-free despite all the trials and tribulations we may have to face on the way from time to time.
What are these paths? Without question the Holy Spirit inspired Word (e.g. through Jeremiah, Isaiah and others) is referring to the God-given principles laid down in the written Word of God and the .
Jeremiah 6:16-19 (NKJV)
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 Also, I set watchmen over you, saying,
‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
18 Therefore hear, you nations,
And know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth!
Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people—
The fruit of their thoughts,
Because they have not heeded My words
Nor My law, but rejected it.”
When we talk about the ancient paths of truth and morality:
– we are not dealing with the values of a certain era or civilisation. We are referring to values that are timeless and which will always have to be applicable if we desire a good life and a modern, progressive, peaceful and prosperous society.
– we are even more importantly dealing with the living and timeless God and His Road Map to a more abundant life here on earth as it is in heaven..
Selwyn Hughes says: To live successfully in the present and the future we must listen to the past. And what does the past tell us? That there are ancient paths marked out for us by God. To stray from them is to put our lives in peril.
Isaiah 35:8-10 (NKJV)
8 A HIGHWAY shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.
9 No lion shall be there,
Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it;
It shall not be found there.
But the redeemed shall walk there,
10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Jesus the Super Star and Greatest Freedom Fighter of history (not any religion or denomination) said:
A. Matthew 5:17-20 ESV
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
B. John 14:6
“I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life!
HALLELUJAH! Let us find the Highway of our common Creator and Father to our H.O.P.E. DESTINY. The High Road is found in relationships, not in any religion and is built on the foundation of THE WRITTEN WORD and the life, death, resurrection and ascension of JESUS (the Living Word). Let us pray, work, play and sing as we travel on it together.
I encourage you to invite your family and friends to take the HIGHWAY or High Road with you so that you and they can seek and receive the Lord God’s FREE GIFTS of His Son, His Holy Spirit, His Word, His Blessings and the FREEDOM He has destined and reserved especially for all of us!
But we must remember our FREEDOM is not free, Our freedom cost the the death of the King of kings on the Cross, the Lord of lords. His tragedy has been turned into our triumph! Like a soldier who falls on a grenade to absorb the blast to save the lives of others Jesus took the blast of our sin so that we can have life and have it more abundantly.
ENJOY LIFE!