Welcome to the InTouch Podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday, January 2nd.

God not only wants to set us on His path, He also wants to guide us along the way.

Here's part one of the road to life at its best.

Our life is like a road we travel, and for some it's a very long road,

and for other people it's a short road.

But for some people for example it's very difficult, very demanding, and sometimes very dangerous.

Well the people, you may say well they look like they have an old their way and everything looks so easy,

but remember this in every life, their trials, their disappointments, and their hindrances, and heartaches, and oftentimes pain.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say that life's going to be easy.

God never says that, He makes many wonderful promises, but He never says anything about it being easy.

And so I want to talk about this whole idea, the fact that our life is like a road,

and for us to follow that road, to follow His road is always the best choice.

And I want you to turn to a small passage if you look in Proverbs chapter 4 for a moment,

and I want us to begin in verse 10, and they're just a verse 10 through 13.

Listen to what Solomon writes here.

He says, hear my son, and accept my sayings, and the years of your life will be many.

I have directed you in the way of wisdom.

I have led you in upright paths.

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded.

And if you run, you will not stumble.

Sometimes we think we've stumbled, but it may be a difficulty that God has allowed in our life

for something He wants to teach us or to repair us for.

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