Journey, an update 2-15-07

“Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths.” Psalm 25:4

I’ve been thinking about how walking the Christian life is like walking on a balance beam. The Bible calls it the narrow way, but sometimes I don’t realize how very narrow it is. If the path is wide enough for me to stride easily, then I am likely striding forward in my own strength. But if the path, the balance beam, is so narrow that I have to concentrate on every footstep, then I am reduced to depending on the leading of Christ to keep me from falling off of the side.

If I am going to stay on that narrow path then I must humble myself. I must be continuously seeking His heart, His will, His strength for every day. I must choose to be obedient in big choices and in little ones. Over the past few months I’ve found myself having to learn to get better at saying, “I lay down my life.” In my flesh I would prefer the easy road, the one that doesn’t require so much from me, the one without any risk. But the deeper desire of my heart is to press on toward the goal, trusting in His grace pick me up when I fall and in His faithfulness to complete His work in me.