The Path of Life

“I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;

Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.

I have set the Lord continually before me;

Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;

My flesh also will dwell securely.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;

Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

You will make known to me the path of life;

In Your presence is fullness of joy;

In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.” (Psalm 16:7-11 NASB1995)

When we believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, this is not just so we can have our sins forgiven and so we can go to heaven when we die. This is a marriage between us and Jesus Christ. He is now our husband, and we who believe in him, in truth and in righteousness, are his bride. So there is an intimacy of relationship that takes place between us and our Lord when by faith in him we are crucified with him in death to sin and raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as servants of righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands.

So now we are with the Lord, and he is with us, and we are to regard him in the same way as a new bride should regard her new husband. Our desire should be for him to do what pleases him, and we should want to spend time with him in his word in listening to what he has to teach us. And then our longing should be to do his will. So we should want his counsel and to be taught by him how we are to live now as followers of Christ. And we should be those who are listening to his counsel to do what he says, to obey him. And we should be open to hearing from him any time of the day or night.

For, again, the Christian life isn’t all just about getting saved so when we die we go to heaven. This is about a relationship between us and our Lord, and us getting to know him and his will and purpose for our lives, and us doing his will, in his power at work within us. And it is learning to hear his voice in our minds and hearts so that we can learn from him, and so that we can follow his lead. For he has a plan and purpose for each of our lives. He has something for each of us to do for his glory and praise. And it may not be the same thing every day, but it will always be doing the will of God.

And all of this is part of what it means to believe in Jesus and to have deliverance from our bondage to sin so that we can serve him in walks of obedience to his commands. For our salvation is progressive. We are saved, we are being saved, and we will be saved when our Lord returns for his bride, provided that we continued in him in walks of obedience to his commands and that we did not return to living in sin while ignoring our Lord’s commands. For he will make known to us the path of life, but we must follow that path from now to eternity, by his grace and in his power.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; Acts 26:18; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10]   

When in The Stillness  

An Original Work / September 26, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When in the stillness of this moment,

Speak to me, Lord, I humbly pray.

Be my desire, set me on fire,

Teach me to love always.

Help me to walk in fellowship with You,

Listening to You; sit at Your feet.

Whisper Your words to me, 

Oh, how gently, guiding me in Your truth. 

While we are waiting for Your blessing,

Lord, in our hearts be King today.

Help us to live for you ev’ry moment,

List’ning to what You say.

May we not stray from your word within us,

Help us obey You, Lord, in all things,

Walking each moment, Lord, in Your presence,

Our offerings to You bring.

Help us to love You, Lord, our master;

Be an example of Your love,

Helping the hurting, lift up the fallen,

Showing them Your great love.

Teach them to love You, follow You always,

Bearing their cross and turning from sin;

Walking in daily fellowship with You,

Making You Lord and King.

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The Path of Life

An Original Work / April 1, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love