I was on a walk with the dog this morning and almost immediately the Lord began speaking to me and kept speaking to me throughout the whole walk. It was like I was being trained by the Holy Spirit very early this morning and what He showed me I believe will help many of you with relationships you are in or ways you operate in relationships.

When someone gets hurt, wounded, misunderstands, or has a conflict we have two choices of how we are going to respond. Not instantly, over time. The Lord said this is a Jeremiah 6:16 picture. “Thus says the LORD, Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.”

Here are the two paths…one path is the path called The Need To Be Right. This path is paved with pride, leads to isolation, becomes self-protection and some think it is just a personality trait called introvert, but God says it is pride because they need to be right.

The other path is called Desire To Be Reconciled. This path is paved with humility, leads to community, becomes a place where we are surrounded and some think it is just a personality trait called extrovert, but God says it is humility because they desire to be reconciled.

The Lord showed me these two paths relate to our relationship with God and with other people. Everyone of us gets hurt, wounded, misunderstands and has conflict, but the path we chose reveals our heart to us and others. Jeremiah tells us to stand by the ways, see the two paths, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is and walk in it.

We cannot hide from the truth God is laying out for us, we know what path we are on, and so does the Lord and honestly so do others. Now we get to chose, will we remain in pride, or will we enter the ancient path of humility and be reconciled to God and others. The choice is still yours. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org