What Seems Right?

       I was riding my bicycle a few years ago with house slippers on my feet.  Our driveway has a slight slope to it and so I coasted into it and put on the brakes.  When I went to get off the bike, it leaned to the right, which was opposite for me and so I started to get off on the right side.  My foot slipped in the slipper and I ended up on my back with the bicycle on top of me.  It was not my usual way of getting off the bike, plus the slippers, made the whole thing a tad unsteady.  We usually have ways that we do things and we never question them.  We just do them.  We may get on a horse the same way every time.  We may back the car out the same way every time  We may always put on the left shoe first every time.  It's just the way we do it.  After 75 years of opening a banana from the stem end, I have switched to the other end after being told that monkeys never open it at the stem end, but the other end and who should know more than monkeys on how to open a banana.  Proverbs 14:12 says, " There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."  

        Spiritually speaking there may be a way that seems right to us for getting into heaven.  There are many who simply believe that death comes and that's the end of the story.  Nothing takes place after that.  At the same time, there are those who say, "Yes, there is a God and all people will end up in a blissful state for all eternity because God is so nice He wouldn't send anyone to a place called hell."  Man's reason or his logic is flawed due to the sinful nature and so his conclusions are not the way to heaven at all.  The writer of Proverbs has stated that the way seems right to a man but the end is going to be just the opposite.  We might ask the question, "Is there a way to know the truth that is not biased by our own logic?"  The answer, of course, is as it always is.  The answer can be found in the Bible, God's Word, His message to us.  Once you discover that something is flawed, you shouldn't keep using it.  If I want to know how to get to heaven, then I should consult the One Who has given us the way to go there.  If I want to know how to live this life even in this body and in this time, I should consult the Bible and not to trust my own instincts.  When things take place in your life, make sure you respond as being instructed in the Scriptures and not depending on your own way of doing things.  The Apostle Paul gave the Philippian Jailer the way of salvation in Acts 16:31.  It wasn't the Jailer's way, but it was God's way.  Praise God today for His Word.