The Principle of the Path: Direction, Not Intention, Determines Destination

Anyone who’s been on lots of road trips has been lost at some point, and nobody gets lost on purpose.

Why do we get lost? Because we’ve gone in the wrong direction. We’ve taken a wrong turn. We’re on the wrong path.

Every path has a destination, and even though where we are may not be where we intended to be in the beginning, the fact is we got there because of the path we were on.

Life, much like travel, operates under this simple principle: whatever road you’re on determines your destination, and direction, not intention, determines where you’ll end up.

This week I had the pleasure of introducing a new preaching series at Lake Merced Church discussing the Principle of the Path based on Proverbs 7:

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For more preaching like this, visit the westcoastwitness.com Sermon Archive.

Study help: The Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley. Special thanks to Buddy Bell for turning me on to this material.
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Free Copy of From Eternity to Here by Frank Viola

Hey everyone – Frank Viola has a new book coming out, and to help spread the word he’s giving away free copies of his last book – From Eternity to Here – for the next fifteen days.

You can read a transcript of the interview I did with Frank regarding Eternity here, and you can find the link for the free book download here (open the .pdf in your browser, then right click and select ‘save as’ to save to your hard drive so you’ll have it for good).

Good read – take advantage!

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