Balance

After the death of Moses, the Lord came to Joshua and gave him marching orders in preparation to enter the Promised Land: “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go: (Joshua 1:7).

Notice the warning to not turn away from the truth to the right or the left.  The truth always remains polar.  It does not shift.  It is never a matter of choosing the correct deviation, it is always a matter of staying on the path.  Would it matter whether one drove off the right side or the left side of a bridge?  Of course not.  Staying on the bridge must be our aim; going off either side spells doom.

King Solomon put it this way, "It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. Whoever fears God will avoid all extreme" (Eccl 7:18).  Balance, is the call for the child of God.  In American politics today, we see one side polarized to the right and the other polarized to the left.  Each side convinced that they have all the answers and the other side must be rejected.  We are asked to choose right or left when the truth so often falls in the middle.

True enough, the path may turn to the right sometimes, as it may turn to the left.  But if it always turns to the right or to the left, it is not a path but a circle going nowhere.  When we are on a path that is actually going somewhere, continual  movement to the right or left will cause us to go off the path, which is why "the man of God will avoid all extremes" (Eccl 7:18).

In life, it is important to not simply pick a side and run with it.  If you do, you will run off the side of the bridge.  Instead, we ought to set our sights on Jesus and follow him on the Path of Life.  And, in following him, we will turn sometimes to the right and sometimes to the left, as well as dead ahead at times.  It is not important which way we turn only that we keep on the path, turning only when it does.  We must never turn off the path either to the right or to the left.

Democrats make bad decisions, so do Republicans.  To follow either without wavering is to guarantee that you will leave the path or fall off the bridge at some point.  This principle holds true for all groups of human origin.  Only God is true, only His way is always the Way.  Keep His Word ever before you, make daily prayer a first priority, make every effort to stay on the Path.  Avoid the extremes and stay balanced in the center of God's will.  Jus' Say'n.