Make Straight the Path of the Lord

     

There are scriptures that speak of making the path straight for the Lord, lately, they have demanded my attention!

A voice is calling,
“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3


He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ John 1:23

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; Psalm 68:4

     In having my attention demanded I had to ask, "What does it mean to make straight the path for the Lord? To Clear the way? To Cast up a highway?"

     I searched it out and found that in Isaiah 40:9, it says to 
  'Go up on a high mountain, you joyful messengers of Zion, (this means you and me! and the high mountain part for Oklahoma just means not hidden away) and lift up your voices with power(Be bold!). You who proclaim joyous news to Jerusalem, shout it out and don’t be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”' (Tell people who God is! The Great Creator of all things!)

     

     We can see here that witnessing to the truth and goodness of God is one way to make His highway smooth! Shouting it out even!

     Then in John 1, John the Baptist was testifying of Jesus and baptizing people for the repentance of sin. "but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water.” So, again we have testifying and here we add repentance makes the way straight for the Lord! 

     And in Psalm 68 where it talks about casting up a highway for the Lord, it is done through praise! 

  Sing to God, sing praises to His name, cast up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts—His name is the Lord—be in high spirits and glory before Him! (Praise!)Psalm 68:4

     This gives us 3 ways right off to be able to make the Lord's path straight or to create a smooth highway! There may be more, I will be looking for them! But this is a good way to start using your life to make the path of the Lord straight!

•      Witness and Testify Boldly!
•      Walk in Repentance!
•      Praise the Lord!

     (The scriptures have promises from the Lord of how He will make your paths straight also, but I'll save that for next time!)