When the
bible says that God works in mysterious ways, He truly does! I was recently
doing a few things at home and jamming the song Skeleton Move by Master KG
feat. Zanda Zakuza. This song came into my space during the recently concluded
Total AFCON 2019 tournament when the Super Eagles defeated Bafana Bafana. I
remember going online and seeing a letter addressed to South Africa signed Bode
Thomas. Eventually curiosity won and I found out it was from a South African
song. Since then a
song that has a total of 4 sentences repeated at various intervals for 6
minutes and 9 seconds became a jam I listened to for different reasons.
Anyways, while listening to the song, there is a sentence that’s repeated over
and over again: “remember the road that will lead you home”. As I listened to
this line, the oddest thing happened; the Holy Spirit reminded me of a verse:
It was so
odd as it came right out of nowhere and from a very absurd source. But as I
thought about the lyrics of the song and the verse, it made so much sense. As
human beings, there is always going to be a tendency to go astray; but when we
do, never forget the road that leads home and that road is Jesus Christ. No
matter how far astray you may have gone, Jesus is the way and when you come to
Him, He will lead you home. When we read the bible, it is littered with stories
of people that went astray but still found their way home by returning to
Jesus. In Luke 7:36-50, we are told of the story of a woman that went to wash
the feet of Jesus with fragrant oil (perfume). This act of worship and repentance
led to her sins been forgiven. In vs. 48, He said to her, “Your sins are
forgiven.” She found her way home by returning to Jesus. Another example can be
gotten from the great King David. He went astray by sleeping with another
man’s wife, killing the man afterwards and then moving her into his house (this
is the abridged version, read II Sam. 11 to get the full version). In Ch. 12,
God sent Nathan to inform David of the result of his actions but in vs. 13,
David repented and his life was spared. These two are just some of the few
examples of people that went astray but found their way home by returning to
Jesus.
I want to
assure you that no matter how far you believe you have strayed, you can never
stray out of the boundaries of God’s love for you and He told us as much in
John 3:16. The sweetest part of it all is that even before we loved Him, He
loved us first (I John 4:19). As we go into this new week, the charge is
simple, do not forget the road that will lead you home. That road is Jesus and
as long as you return to Him, He is more than able to lead you home.
P.S. If you
haven’t asked Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, now is the time. If you want to
return back to Him, now is the time. He is waiting at the door, open it and
invite Him in (Rev. 3:20).
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