GETTING BACK ON COURSE Text: Proverbs 16:25

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” Proverbs 16:25

With All the Voices in Our Heads, How Do We Know Which Direction Is Right?

I. DON’T ALWAYS TRUST YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION “The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894) US Author and physician

I. DON’T ALWAYS TRUST YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION (Contd.) The word used in our text for “way” is the Hebrew word “derek.” When it is used figuratively is refers to “a course of life or a mode of action.” The word “direction” according to the Oxford Dictionary is “a course along which someone or something loves, or which leads to a destination.”

II. DON’T BE QUICK TO MISTRUST TRUSTED FRIENDS Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:17

III. DON’T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE CLEAR SIGNS Numbers 14:11; Daniel 4:3; Hebrews 2:3,4

III. DON’T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE CLEAR SIGNS (Contd.) “If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.” Chinese Proverb