““2:2). Or we can tread the alternative route—“the way of the wicked” (Pss. 1:6; 146:9), the “dark and slippery” way (Ps. 35:6), and “the false way” (Ps. 119:104, 128). The point is that each one of us is on our own spiritual journey, always walking, always stepping, always moving along a path. One path is like the “light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day” (Prov. 4:18), while the other is a path of pain and grief and ultimately final destruction (Ps. 1:6). Thus we need to pray with the psalmist: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way” (Ps. 139:23–24).””
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