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TURN RIGHT, RIGHT HERE
Introduction to "Bible
Studies"
When Mother was a passenger
in your car and giving you
directions, you had to watch
her hand and go the way she
was pointing, not where she
was saying. She would
laughingly tell on herself
how she would sometimes
point to the left and say,
“Turn right, right here.”
She had an uncanny sense of
direction and could get you
to your destination, not
from her verbal
instructions, but by the way
she pointed.
When Mother lived in
Lexington, Kentucky, she
knew how to get every where
she wanted to go. Not only
did she know how to get
there, she learned all the
shortcuts and best routes to
avoid the heaviest traffic
and lights. She was
adventurous and didn’t mind
trying out a new route. I
never did learn my way
around very well, because
when I visited her she would
take me places a different
way each time. She was in
her seventies and eighties
while learning the streets
and byways of Lexington.
She was always learning and
was able to help her
“younger” friends out by
driving them to church,
shopping and visiting.
Living for Jesus is an
adventure! There are so
many untraveled roads in the
Kingdom that we could enjoy
if we would just follow the
Lord. Unlike Mother, when
He points to a place He
wants to take us, His Word
will corroborate His
directions. If He says,
“Turn right, right here,” it
will be the best way to go.
“Your ears shall hear a word
behind you, saying, “ ‘This
is the way, walk in it,’ ”
Whenever you turn to the
right hand or whenever you
turn to the left.” (Isaiah
30:21).
We are expected as
children of God to have our
lives going in the same
direction that we are
“pointing.” It doesn’t add
any credibility to our lives
if we “point one way” and
live another. Our lives
have to support what our
lips are saying if we are to
be influential for Jesus
Christ. The first priority
is to know the way.
We learn that by knowing Who
the Way is. Jesus said He
was the “Way, the Truth and
the Life.” We learn about
Him from His Word. The more
we travel into His Word, the
better we will know the
Way. Not only will be
become better acquainted
with the best way to go, but
He will make us aware of the
bridges Satan has washed-out
and the dangers of erosion
where he has attempted to
corrode the Word hoping to
distract us on the way. If
we will just follow the
signs, we will arrive
safely. Satan cannot change
God’s route nor His map.
Turn right, right here
to the cross where our
Savior died to save the
world that “God so loved.”
Turn right, right here
to the tomb, now empty. The
stone was removed at the
entrance, not so the risen
Savior could exit, but so
those outside could enter
and see “He’s not here; He
is risen as He said!”
Turn right, right here
and watch the heavens where
the risen glorified Savior
will one day appear to catch
away all those who made a
right turn to Him and are
looking for His “Appearing.”
Paul told Timothy to “Be
diligent to present yourself
approved to God, a worker
who does not need to be
ashamed [hindered on the
way], rightly dividing the
word of truth” (2 Timothy
2:15). One worker is able
to accomplish a lot, but
many working on the same job
can get the job done well
and go on to another. That
is the great advantage of
group Bible studies. We
pool our insight and
revelations and everyone
benefits. We exhort and
nurture each other as we
study together.
May God enrich your life as
you use these studies
individually or as a group
to know the Way, the
Truth and the Life. Turn
right, right here and
hear the Voice that whispers
“This is the way, walk in
it.” He is the only
way; God has no alternate
routes.
~Blessings, Delores~
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