Message summary: Today, let us firmly resolve to stay on Bible Road.

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"Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established. Do not turn to the right nor to the left; turn your foot from evil" (Proverbs 4:26-27). "Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day" (Psalm 25:4,5). "Thus says the Lord, 'Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you will find rest for your souls'. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it’" (Jeremiah 6:16).

Brooksyne and I started our ministry in Elk County, Pennsylvania shortly after we got married, planting a church in Saint Marys, which is still carrying on ministry 48 years later, for which we are very thankful.

Elk County (and several surrounding counties) has the state's only wild elk but while we lived up that way it was not promoted for tourism. Now they have a world class Elk Country Visitor's Center with some 500,000 people coming in annually from far and wide to the see the elk. As you drive into the area you see Elk crossing signs similar to what you see in the rest of the state for deer.

The last two days I was on road trip with my friend Nick to see the elk on a nice 180 mile drive northwesterly through central PA to the Visitor's Center. Along the way we passed a little village named Potter's Mills and saw a road sign prompting a spiritual consideration. How would you like to live on Bible Road? I would take the address 777 Bible Road, if given that option!

Many of you will recall a childhood song and if you're like us you'll also recall the words. You can probably even sing along:

Today let us consider living our lives on Bible Road in the sense of staying faithful to the Bible. Paul wrote of those in his time who, "have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs" (see 1 Timothy 6:10) having the response toward God's Word expressed in the last phrase of our third daily text, "We will not walk in it".

All three of today's Bible texts refer to "paths" which is a synonym of "road" so today let us consider an element from each one as we resolve to stay on the Bible Road:

1) We must watch our path. "Watch the path of your feet." We have all heard the phrase, "Watch your step", especially as a reminder of caution against tripping. That seems to be the sense of this passage. We need to be constantly on our guard and watch the path of our feet in these treacherous times.

2) We must pray for God to teach us His paths. "O Lord; teach me Your paths." God has spoken through His Word. We need to seek Him daily that we might learn His ways and stay on His path.

3) We must ask for the ancient paths. "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths." This verse is so counter cultural to our age with all the emphasis on new, new, new. I thank God for many aspects of new but we must be soberly aware of the consequences when new "truth" replaces old "truth". After all, truth does not change. We need to ask for these ancient paths found in God's ancient Word.

Today, let us firmly resolve to stay on Bible Road!

Be encouraged today!  Hebrews 3:13