Off Ramp Closed

Last week my daily route to 24-Hour Fitness was interrupted by road work. Bright orange cones blocked the off ramp to San Antonio Road. Immediately, I saw a great blog post.

As you travel the “Holy Highway,” every time you go back to your old ways of getting relief or revenge or act out your pain, you are improperly exiting God’s path of righteousness (Prov. 4:14; Is. 26:7). And getting off on “Compromise Lane” makes it that much easier to come back for a return trip the next time things aren't going your way.

Off ramps are enticements that lead to unrighteous roads. But as a traveler with Jesus, you have no business getting off His highway to go there anymore—these dead-end boulevards of shame and regrets. But Good News, my fellow travelers! God has given you power steering—it is the power to stay on course—to drive straight (Prov. 3:6). Every time you lean hard into the Holy Spirit for the strength to resist that wrong turn, you not only continue in joyful pursuit of your destination, you have just closed another off ramp.