Bible Studies

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We were told in the last lesson that my soul knows, but my being is not quick enough to understand. We use our senses and thoughts to create some order in out lives, but the whole creation is much larger and more complicated that we can realize. Knowledge and understanding will only take us part way. We must learn to see and understand with our emotions as well.

It is a comfort to know we were created by the same forces that created the rest of it. We don't have to understand in order to use it or know what to do next. There is only one task to do when we know there is a path that leads to our long home, and finding it is within our power.





17. Accept the Path

Hear my song, O Lord, listen to my cry; lend an ear to my prayer that is sincere. Sentence me as You will in your balanced sight. You have tried my heart, You have shown me the truth in my dreams; my purpose is to do Your will. As for what others do, by your words have I been able to stay free of them. Lord guide me on this path; please don’t let me slip.

I have called on You and I know You will hear me, listen to me now. Show your strength and power, save them that trust You from the enemy. Keep me shining as the apple of your eye; protected in the shadow of your wings from the liars that are all around and would have me change my ways. They are fat from the traps they have sprung and they believe they are important. They follow me and would bring me down if they could, like hungry jackals hiding in ambush.

Rise up, my Lord, and disappoint them; throw them down and save me from their trouble. They are men of the world and this life is their portion, it is all they and their children shall ever have. As for me, I will dream of your righteous face and be satisfied with the memory.





Suddenly, as through a fog, the path is visible. In these last three lessons the question of what we must do was first asked, and then answered; and here an emotional invitation is made to accept the path that leads through the confusion to the truth. Our hearts have been tried and the sentence handed out: we are guided on the path and we will be protected in the shadow of the Lord’s wings.

Only when we accept the notion that there is a path can we have a chance to find it, and only by trust will we come to understand that the finding is not our job. The thoughtful approach is to learn how to act then teach others but this emotional appeal requires an emotional response. We can act on what we understand and believe, but we give our loyalty to the truth we trust. This is the third short cut to the Kingdom we are seeking: through our trust we allow the path to find us and our work is done.

This is not a path that eventually leads to the truth, this path is the truth itself. We don’t have to go somewhere to find this path. It doesn’t start in a temple in a far away place or on a mountaintop or at a university. It is the same path we were on yesterday but today we recognize it for what it really is. It is our eternal life and it has already begun.

Every day we move through space and time whether we will it or not and time brings choices. We can do one thing or another, or nothing at all, but if we do not actively choose then the choice will be made for us by habit or chance. Our ability to actually make choices is the path we are seeking, the destination will take care of itself.

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