One day our next door neighbor started feeding the few squirrels that played around in our yards. One was really tame, and she would even feed it in her house! Little did she know that she would soon have an army! Apparently news travels fast among squirrels, and soon more and more were coming for her handouts.
Not only did they eat her nuts, but everything in sight. They even helped themselves to anything they wanted in our gardens.
We noticed, to our amazement, that the squirrels always came from the same directions toward our neighbor’s house. Some crossed our front yard and some crossed our back yard. We also noticed distinct paths starting to appear! They were squirrel paths, and each day they became easier to see until soon all the grass was gone and the paths were bare earth.
You and I are following paths in our lives. These well-worn paths are the popular but sad paths of sinful pleasures. They only lead downward to a lost eternity. If you are following these paths today, won’t you stop and turn around before it is too late? Turn to Christ Jesus today and follow the path of happiness. He says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6).
Those of us who have accepted Christ as our Saviour should be seeking to follow the paths that would please Him. A good verse for us to memorize is Psalm 25:4: “Show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths.”
ML-11/30/1997