He Knoweth The Way That I Take 1 Of 2

Only as we follow this plan, we can obtain what God desires for us to achieve in this life.

Illus: In an NCAA cross country championship held in Riverside, California, 123 of the 128 runners missed a turn. One competitor, Mike Delcavo, stayed on the 10,000 meter course and began waving for his fellow runners to follow him. Mike was able to convince only four other runners to take the same course he was taking.

When he was asked what his competitors thought of his mid race decision not to follow the crowd, Mike responded, "They thought it was funny that I went the right way."

The same can be said of Christians; as we travel the “Right Course,” we become the object of laughter. There are only two courses a person can take in this life. The Bible tells us about these two courses that are available to us.

Look at Matthew 7:13-14, we read “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

(1) THERE IS THE BROAD WAY

Notice, what the Bible says about the broad way, we read, “…Many there be which go in thereat…”

Yes, there are many today who have chosen the path of sin. As Christians, we do all that we can do to signal them and warn them they are taking the wrong path in life. But many of them just laugh at the efforts we make.

(2) THERE IS THE NARROW WAY

The Bible says the other course that is available to mankind is “Strait and narrow,” and notice the Bible says “…Few there be that find it.”

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Illus: When we go to a college football game and we see as many as eighty thousand people in attendance, based on the Word of God, it would be safe for us to say that only a few out of that 80,000 will die and go to heaven. ONLY A FEW!

WHY ARE THEY GOING TO A CHRIST-LESS ETERNITY? The answer is simple. It is because they have chosen a path they think is the best way, but the path they have chosen leads to hell.

For many years of his life, the apostle Paul followed the wrong course for his life, but once he found the right way, he ran this course that God had for him to follow with all his heart.

Look at his instructions to us in Hebrews 12:1-2, “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Paul recognized, like Mike Delcavo, we cannot let the majority lead us astray. We know where the path the lost man chooses leads!

WHAT KIND OF COURSE DOES THE LORD HAVE FOR US TO FOLLOW?

I. IT IS A PLAIN COURSE

God could not be a JUST GOD, and hold us responsible on the judgment day for the course we have taken with our lives, if He did not PLAINLY reveal His will to us.

Everyone PLAINLY knows some things that God would have them do. The problem with most Christians today, is this:

• They do not need to be concerned with all the things they do not know

• But they do need to be concerned about those things that God has PLAINLY revealed to them is His will for their lives

God has a course for every person that is here today. And God makes that course PLAIN to them. When it comes to following the PLAIN COURSE that He has for our lives, we have to consider two things. Such as:

(A) THERE IS THE OBVIOUS

There are things He reveals to us, and we know that this is God’s plan for our life as long as we live on this earth. That is, if we live another hundred years, God has clearly shown us this is His plan for our lives. Such as when it is:

(1) GOD’S WILL TO CALL A PREACHER TO PREACH

Look at Romans 11:29, we read, “For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.”

The Bible teaches that God calls people into the ministry. It is a calling that will be on that person’s life as long as they live.