Busyness: Go Straight

Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.

Proverbs 4:26-27 (NKJV)

Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.

Isaiah 30:21 (NKJV)

Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Isaiah 40:3 (NKJV)

Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Hebrews 12:12-13 (NKJV)

'Arise and go to the street called Straight' (Acts 9:11). And, 'Do not turn to the right or the left’ (Proverbs 4:11). WHY?

  • If you stray from God’s path, you may get lost and fall in a sticky situation. Like a spider's web (and YOU are the fly!)

  • 'A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead' (Proverbs 21:16).

As 'The prince of the power of the air' (Ephesians 2:2) keeps weaving a worldwide web to enthrall masses of people, God gives the wisdom to rise above it:

'That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting' (Ephesians 4:14).

Actors, models, and talent for Christ: one of your roles might be called ‘road workers’ in the messy field of entertainment. Underneath your feet is a slimy mess, but… 

'The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet' (Romans 16:20).

Your rugged work clothes? The Armor of God.* Your actual job? Highway construction!

'Prepare the way for the people; Build up, build up the highway! Take out the stones; Lift up a banner for the peoples!' (Isaiah 62:10).

'Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight and the rough ways smooth' (Luke 3:5). 'And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others' (Isaiah 35:8).

Its direction? Straight!

  • As you see tempting detours, ignore them.

  • As you encounter roadblocks, stop and pray.

  • If you catch the virus of homesickness…

  • Cure it with thoughts of your real home: Heaven.

  • Resist Satan’s pull to the familiar.

  • Because you’re travelers and messengers!

  • You’re God’s actors, and action is required!

You’ve got NEWS people are dying to hear. By all means, go straight. God goes before you. He’ll part the raging seas of media… to advance your performing position!

Busyness: Go Straight (Part 11)

* The Armor of God: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+6%3A10-18&version=NKJV

NOTE: This is a 2023 update of a 2013 Carey Lewis Devotion. You may see notes to 'Actors, Models & Talent for Christ.' If you think you're not in show business, think again. Shakespeare said, 'All the world's a stage and all its men and women merely players. Mostly true. But you're not merely players. You are messengers and ambassadors for the King of kings.

Carey Arban