“The way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.
Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord,
We have waited for You eagerly;
Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.
At night my soul longs for You,
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For when the earth experiences Your judgments
The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Though the wicked is shown favor,
He does not learn righteousness;
He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.” (Isaiah 26:7-10 NASB1995)
Who are the righteous? They are those who are living righteously, by the grace of God, in the power of God, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ. They are the godly, the morally pure, the upright, the honest, the decent, and the obedient to God and to his commands, in practice, by God’s grace. And when this says that the way of the righteous is smooth, it does not mean easy, but it means honest, law abiding, upright, and morally pure. For Jesus taught that the way is hard, and it is narrow, and few walk that path.
So, if we who are walking in righteousness, by the grace and power of God, are to make the path of the righteous level, what does that mean? It means to make the way of salvation and of righteousness, law-abiding, honest, and morally pure. And it may mean that we have to remove all obstructions which stand in the way of this, like these altered “gospel” messages being taught today in the name of Jesus but which are contrary to the teachings of Jesus and of his New Testament apostles, regarding our salvation.
So, not only must we be those who are teaching the gospel as Jesus and as his New Testament apostles taught it, in the correct biblical context, but in today’s world we must also be those who are actively calling out and refuting the lies which are being taught in the name of Jesus Christ and of his gospel. For so many people are believing the lies and not the truth, thinking that heaven is their eternal destiny while in reality they are headed to hell. For the truth teaches we must die to sin and obey God, for us to have salvation.
Yet so many people are being taught that all they have to do is to make a verbal profession of faith in Jesus Christ and now all their sins are forgiven, and heaven is guaranteed them upon death, but regardless of how they live. Many are even teaching that we do not have to obey God, and that we do not have to forsake of (repent of) our sins, for they call that “works salvation.” But Jesus taught that if anyone would come after him that he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow him in obedience to his commands, or they will not inherit eternal life with God.
So, even though the wicked (the sinful) are shown favor, i.e. the grace of God, and this would include all of us at one time, for we are all born into sin, many do not learn righteousness, but they continue living in deliberate and habitual sin in direct disobedience to God and to his commands, even many who know the truth of what God’s word teaches. For they have chosen the ways of the flesh over the ways of God. And one day Jesus will say, “I never knew you. Depart from me you workers of lawlessness” (Matthew 7:21-23).
So, please know the truth and obey the truth, by faith in Jesus Christ.
Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
The Lord’s Anointed
Based off Isaiah 61
An Original Work / December 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
The Spirit of the Sov’reign Lord on me;
Anointed to preach the Good News;
Sent me to bind up the brokenhearted;
Proclaim freedom for the captives.
He sent me to preach release for pris’ners
Who are walking in sin’s darkness;
Proclaim God’s grace to all men who’ll listen;
And tell them about God’s judgments;
Comfort all who mourn;
Give crowns of beauty;
Oil of gladness and thanksgiving.
They will be called oaks of God’s righteousness,
A planting of our Savior, God,
For the display of our Lord’s splendor, and
They will rebuild God’s holy church.
God will renew them, and will restore them,
And you’ll be called priests of the Lord.
You will be ministers of our God, and
You will rejoice in salvation.
The Lord loves justice;
He is faithful to
Reward those who are seeking Him.
I delight greatly in the Lord;
My soul rejoices in my Savior, God.
He has clothed me with His salvation,
And in a robe of His righteousness.
He has given me priestly garments to wear,
As the bride of Jesus Christ.
As the garden of our Lord and Savior,
He causes us to grow in Him.
He makes righteousness,
Praise, and thanksgiving
Spring up before all the nations.
Make The Path Level
An Original Work / August 27, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
