Which Way Do I Go? (Proverbs 14:12)

Everybody seems to know the way. Step into a crowd of people and ask for directions, you will get five different ways. If you need to loose weight, there are hundreds of ways found on television and infomercials. There also seems t be many different ways to heaven. So what is the right answer?

"There is a way that seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it are the ways of death." Proverbs 14:12, Amplified

Any way concocted by man seems to be the right way. The first few steps on a man made path makes the soul feel better. Now I am referring to religion. Every heart needs salvation whether it is spoken of or not. Everyone wants to find that way to heaven. Every way seems to be right. The one thing that separates Christianity from the rest is that it is prescribed by God. God laid out a path to get to heaven, He built a bridge that covered the gap. Just because one does not like that way does not mean that another way can be found.

Sojourner (Proverbs 14:11)

We, as children of the Almighty, are just passing through this world. This is truly not our home; we are meant for so much greater.

"The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent of the upright shall flourish." Proverbs 14:11, Amplified

Notice the difference between the two. The house of the wicked is going to be overthrown. This implies that they have found a home here on earth. Whereas the righteous, or upright, live in tents as the Israelites did. We are just sojourners here. Our home is in Heaven. When a person is less attached to some ting, it is so much easier for that person to move on in life. This was the purpose of tents for the Israelites. The Lord moved them around for 40 years, sojourning through the desert.

Realize, though, that the tent of the upright will flourish not because it is a tent. Our abode has little to do with our salvation. The tent of the upright will flourish because because of the inhabitant, just as the house of the wicked will fall because of its tenants.

Feelings, Nothing More than Feelings (Proverbs 14:10)

Emotion is the one of the things that separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. But emotion is such a broad subject. There is love and have and disgust and a whole plethora of different feelings.

"The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy." Proverbs 14:10, Amplified

Feelings are unique to an individual. No one can feel exactly the way that I feel. Sure, when a family member dies, the entire family mourns. But each family member's hearts grieves in its own fashion.

So when we are bitter, we are bitter for our own selves. Bitterness is like drinking a glass of poison and waiting for the other person to die. (Cindy Hagerman)

The same goes for any and all emotion. We can all feel bitterness and joy and disgust, but no one experiences it quite the same way. As we feel these emotions, we feel them for ourselves.