Restored, Then Led

While I’ve always believed that the Bible was fully inspired by God, lately I’ve been inspired by even the divine arrangement of ideas in the Bible. For instance, the Psalmist – in the Psalm without equal – proclaims God “restores his soul” then goes on to affirm that God leads him “in paths of righteousness” (Psalm 23:3). When I was young, there was a still-popular phrase, from a generation or two before me. Seems folks had a mental image of “getting the cart before the horse” and often warned against such an arrangement. In fact, as I made my plans for the future, my grandfather often cautioned me to avoid getting my cart before my horse. While I did not then, nor do I now, own a cart, nor a horse, I do have a similar problem with more modern terminology. Too often I get the order of scripture backwards. I want to be led in righteous paths, but I don’t want to wait for my soul to be restored. So as you plan your week, be sure you have your cart in its proper alignment or your horse will have great difficulty in finding “righteous” paths.