ÒThereis a way that seems right to a man, But the end is the way of deathÓ Pro. 14:12

Whenever a dog chooses its way bynot listening to the owner, that dog will be lost and death is the dead end oflost. The same applies to a man that chooses to get out of the way. Jesussaid in John14:6, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes tothe father except through Me.

As anacclaimed believer, have you ever considered the way you are going?

Are youlooking into your material wealth as a determinant of your way? Let your successnot deceive you because success is not the measure of GodÕs blessing. Also, theposition of power you are now in is not the measure of GodÕs blessing.

Take timeout and sincerely identify the way you have chosen. Is it the way of the wickedor the way of death?

The way ofdeath is wicked and the way of the wicked is death. Let me bring to yourawareness the identity of one that is walking in the way of wicked or death.

~Identification~

Jer.12:1, In his conversation with God, he asked Òwhy are the way of wicked prosper?
Why are those who deal so treacherously? Verse 2, you have planted them,yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes they bear fruit. You are near intheir mouth But far from their mind.

If by any wayyou are one that has the word in the mouth but out of the mind, you shouldconsider yourself as wicked.

The wordof God says you should not lie, period. But in the corner of you mouth ahighway for telling lies runs through your mind. Half lies are the same aswhole lies. Deception is a lie. When you promise what you cannot deliver, youhave lied. A follower of Jesus telling lies is a way of death. The Lord iscoming back for a church without spot or wrinkle.

~Heart keeping~

Pr.4:23keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. Judas Iscariot failed to keep hisheart. When you fail to keep your heart with all diligence through Christ Jesus,Satan will enter. Luke. 22:3 ÒThen Satan entered Judas, surnamedIscariot, who was numbered among the twelve,

Verse4, So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he mightbetray Him to them.

JudasÕfailure to keep his heart was costly to him. He lost his number and will not becounted in the last day. Keep your number and get counted where it counts; inthe kingdom of God.

Judas wenthis way. He left the sure and the true way. He went a way that appeared rightto him and not right to God. It was the way of his death.

Satan willnot announce himself before he enters your heart.Ê You have to renounce himfrom entering by keeping your heart diligent.

Jer.24:7 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and theyshall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me withtheir whole heart.Do you desire this? What you do not desire, He will not deposit.Ê

Ask Godtoday, to give you a heart to know Him so that Satan will not enter.

~ConvenientWay~

Mark14:11 and when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money.So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

ServingGod is a commitment, not a convenience. The day you begin to seek for yourselfa way of convenience in serving Him, Satan will serve you with a convenient wayof selling Him. When you sell Him you have betrayed Him.

As smoothas telling lies could be; as easy as it can be delivered to achieve yourpurpose, it is a smooth step into wicked ways. Every act that is contrary tothe way of God is a wicked way.

Prov.15:29, the LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of therighteous. Today,pray the prayer of the righteous as recorded in

Psalm139:23 Search me O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; Andsee if there is wicked way in me,

Andlead me in the way everlasting. Ê