A Christian man was staying at a friend’s house out in the country. One morning he took a walk, and his friend’s little boy went along with him. They soon came to a path which led through the pasture. It looked so pretty with lots of clover blossoms and buttercups. When the man turned to go down the path, his young friend stopped him.
“I don’t think you should go that way,” the boy said.
“Why not?” asked the man. “It looks like a real nice path.”
The boy answered, “That path was made by the pigs. Before you go very far on it you’ll get into the awfulest place of muck and weeds that you ever saw! You just can’t get through it!”
This is also true of the path of sin. It may seem pleasant and inviting at first, but the end of that path will be terrible! The Bible shows us the way that God wants us to take: “Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.” Proverbs 4:14,1514Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. (Proverbs 4:14‑15).
ML-05/10/1981