Solomon tells us, The prudent see danger and take refuge. The simple see danger and keep going. Both of them see danger. One responds by changing course, the other keeps going and hopes that the danger will never arrive. Part of choosing the right path is getting off the wrong path. So how do you choose the right path?   

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart.” In every arena of life, in every possible path, in every category of path, “trust” God. The answer to choosing the right path is to choose God, to trust God, to go where he asks you to go, do what he asks you to do, and to do it every day. This is not a one-time thing. It’s a path. Place all your confidence, all your faith, all your hope, all your plans in God.   

So sometimes we make plans without consulting anyone, and those often fail or at least wind up being less effective than they could have been. Sometimes we don’t see the potholes and landmines hiding in our path. So, how can you know what you don’t know? Today, Solomon answers that we should seek out the right counsel, the right advisers.   

Not long ago, almost every state in the nation passed laws prohibiting people from talking on cellphones without some sort of hands-free device, because they knew that if a person is staring at their phone, giving more attention to it than to the road, there’s a good chance they’ll steer themselves OFF the road, or maybe steer themselves into somebody else on the road. What you give your attention to will determine your direction. And your direction will determine your destination.  

So what do you do when you realize that the destination you’re trying to achieve is unachievable, that the dream you had is not going to come true, that the hope you had is going to go unfulfilled. What do you do when you find yourself trying to reach a destination that is unreachable? I believe that every dead and dying dream is in the hand of God today. He knows about your dream. He cares about your dream. And he cares about you more.   

Today, Solomon helps us discover that on the road of life… not every path is worth taking. Not every path will take you where you want to go. And many of those paths will hurt you. In order to live a successful life there are some paths you need to stay away from… you need to SEPARATE yourself from those paths, and cling to God and His direction.