Straight paths
“As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight’.””
In my prayers I claim the promise in Proverbs 3 that if I acknowledge God in all my ways, he will make my paths straight. Do I give equal attention to the prophetic command in Isaiah 40, repeated by John the Baptizer, to make Jesus' paths straight?
Let me not—even unintentionally—be like Elymas in Acts 13, placing obstacles in Jesus' path. Instead let me be the one who builds a straight highway for him—who levels hill and vale, and smooths the rough places. Let me be one who removes obstacles and distractions, not the one who sets them in place.
