SCRIPTURE: Mark (NIV) 1:2 It is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”—3 “a voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” 4 And so John came,
OBSERVATION: Mark begins his gospel telling about John the Baptist who had been prophesied in Isaiah 40. He was to introduce Jesus. He was to “prepare the way for the Lord,” What caught my attention was the phrase “make straight paths for him.” One can travel two ways on a path, so, the path would be a way for Jesus to move to the people, and a way for people to move to Jesus.
Straight speaks to me of being not crooked and level. It speaks of easing the journey and being able to look and see what is ahead.
APPLICATION: For those who have committed their life to Jesus and invited Him to live in their life as Lord, our lives become a path that Jesus can travel to the people around us. Our lives also becomes a path that our family and friends can travel to Jesus.
We should make sure our lives are a straight path to Jesus. We should remove things that may make Jesus hard to see. Our lives should provide a “straight” path to Jesus, a path without things that block the view of Jesus. May people quickly and easily see Jesus in all we do, in every conversation and every action.
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, make my life a path that Jesus can easily travel to get to those around me, and that those around me can easily see and get to Jesus. Lord, may my life be a well-used path between you and those around me. Amen
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