Back or Forth

“Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you” (Jeremiah 7:23b). But it was not well with God’s people because they refused to listen, rejecting God’s instructions. Because they kept living the way they wanted, stubbornly following their evil desires, they went backward instead of forward.

If it seems you are not going forward in your walk with the Lord, evaluate yourself. Have you denied God by not listening to Him, refused to be taught His Word, or dismissed what you heard? Is truth crucial, or do you settle for shades of gray? For convenience, do you learn about and worship God outside His design of meeting with fellow believers? Are you stubbornly going your way rather than following the counsel of God’s Word? If the Holy Spirit convicted you while reading these questions, you are going in the wrong direction.

The truth of Jeremiah’s message thousands of years ago is the same today. Walking backward is unsafe for physical and spiritual well-being. “That it may be well unto you,” step forward, ask God’s forgiveness and live according to His commands.