You must therefore be careful to do
as the Lord your God has commanded you;
you shall not turn to the right or to the left.
Deuteronomy 5:32
“No left turn.” That’s what some signs read.
Others read, “No right on red.”
When you think about it, that’s the essence of what “the Lord your God has commanded you.” Go straight. Live straight. Run straight to Him. And deal straight with others.
Isaiah calls us in a similar fashion. He says, "prepare the way of the Lord, make straight … a highway for our God” (Isa 40:3).
At the beginning of the Gospels, this passage was applied specifically to John the Baptist (see Mt 3:3). John’s prophetic call was to help God’s people avoid the roadblocks, detours, and dead ends, and return to God straight-away. In this manner, he was preparing the way for the revealing of the Messiah.
That’s our call too. To turn from sin and turn toward God straight-away. Indeed, that’s how we prepare the way for Jesus in our lives. We are careful to do what the Lord commands.
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who wants to merge
my will with his
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