When you need guidance for your life path, where do you turn first? It can be hard to know where to look for direction. Yet the Bible helps us think about the path the Lord wants us to take.
Guidance for Your Path
I’ve needed guidance when making important choices in many stops along my life path. Whether it was which college to attend, when to quit a job, where to serve in my church, or when to set boundaries, I wanted to make a choice that pleased God. I turned to his word to find answers.
The Bible doesn’t have a glossary in the back where you can look up ultra-specific situations. It doesn’t have the name of your future mate, the address of the best workplace for you, or the right school for your children. I’ve wanted those crystal clear answers more times than I could count.
In his mysterious ways, God gives us room to make choices within his perfect plan for our lives. He wrote all our days in his book before we were born (Psalm 139), yet he allows us to exercise free will in many different situations. Even so, we must seek his guidance before making choices that significantly impact our life paths.
The broad principles in God’s Word help us make wise decisions in specific situations. By looking up the word “path” on biblegateway.com, you can meditate on verses that will help you make God-pleasing decisions. When you combine personal study of the word with prayer and counsel from other godly friends and mentors, you can have greater peace when you make your final choice.
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These selected verses in the NLT version have helped me consider the path God wants for my life, and they can help you as well:
- Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow. Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you are about to enter and occupy. Deuteronomy 5:33
- Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. Make your way plain for me to follow. Psalm 5:8
- Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. Psalm 25:4
- The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” Psalm 32:8
- Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found. Psalm 119:35
- Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105
- Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:6
- Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Proverbs 4:26
- People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed. Proverbs 10:9
- People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray. Proverbs 10:17
- The path of the virtuous leads away from evil; whoever follows that path is safe. Proverbs 16:17
- You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them. Isaiah 26:7
Apply These Verses
Use these verses for daily meditation when you are not sure which direction you should take. Form them into prayers. Praying God’s Word back to him is a powerful exercise that will give you confidence and peace. Download this free printable to use in your meditation and prayer time. As you pray, trust that God will provide you an answer in his perfect timing.
Verses to Guide Your Life Path
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