Delightful Way

It was an annual family event!  Dad, Mom, my sisters and I gathered at the fence behind the house with [what seemed] tons of fresh corn for a shucking party!  The guests-of-honor were Uncle Neal’s cows and pigs.  The “cow path” was more like a freeway as they all arrived hoping for a good feeding spot.  Thinking back, I’m not sure who was having the best time!

The Godly Way is often the path “less traveled” although Its way the most rewarding.  So perhaps we really do live as if grass is “greener on the other side!”  Why else do we [with abandon] pursue beauty for a decaying body?  Why do we choose career over family when relationships help sustain us?  Why do we spend more time mowing the lawn than gardening the heart?  Why are we more interested in reading from the best seller list than God’s Word?  Truth is, we’re not very attracted to God’s Way!  Perhaps we’re seriously confused about what truly delights the inner man.  Psalm 119:35 says, “Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.”  Our shucking-party guests knew the path , knew where the path led, and one-by-one they stayed on course.  “Oh, that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” (Psalm 107:8)  The Godly Way is indeed straight and narrow but absolutely steadfast and confidently sure.  Let us walk in it and know Its delight!