Oh Be Careful Little Feet Where You Go!

Proverbs 4:26 “Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.”

Wrong practices so often happen because of being with the wrong people and being in the wrong place. There are warnings issued from the very start of the Book of Proverbs to stay away from places where one will be tempted to do wrong.  Proverbs 1:15 says, “My son, do not walk in the way with them (sinners of verse 10), keep your foot from their path.”  We have seen in Proverbs 4 the instructions to avoid the path of the wicked. Proverbs 4:14 says, “Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.”

In staying safe we teach that it is important to know where you are and know your surroundings.  More importantly, though, you need to think about where you will be going.  To ponder the path of your feet is to be proactively thinking about what possible temptations could be at certain places.  

A wise person does not put themselves in places where they are prone to fall! 

In “establishing” your ways consider some benefits when you choose the “right” path. 

Proverbs 10:17  Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
Proverbs 12:28  In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway, there is no death.
Proverbs 15:19  The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
Proverbs 15:24  The path of the prudent leads upward bringing life, that he may turn away from hell beneath.
Isaiah 26:7  The path of the righteous is level; You make level the way of the righteous.

From Proverbs 4:18 we are told that things get brighter for the righteous:  “But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.”

As you ponder where your feet are going to take you ponder with prayer. Psalms 119:35  is a good one to pray for it says, “Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.”  Of course, the Lord’s Prayer teaches us to ask the Lord to lead us not into temptation!  When we pray these prayers we can expect our Shepherd to lead us in paths of righteousness!

Continue Strong being careful where you go!
And remember to DATE the Word

Bonus: In the 4th month of the year, April, we are extending a 4 x 4 challenge and encouraging you to read a chapter 4 each day of April.  For April 26 we challenge you to read Mark 4.