“Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil.”

Proverbs 4:14:

God gives wisdom to lead us on straight paths (Proverbs 4:10). Once we start following the way of wisdom that He’s illuminated for us, as Proverbs 4:18 says, we may find that the pathway becomes “ever brighter” as we go, like the sun coming up in the morning.

When Jesus told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the gift of the Holy Spirit, He also gave them a task and geographical direction for where they should take the message about Him. His followers were to act as His witnesses from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. They were to start where they were and bring the message to people who hadn’t witnessed Jesus for themselves. Jesus’ first disciples did just that, moving out from Jerusalem toward the ends of the earth.

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 13:20esv

As we consider what part each of us will play in bringing the Good News to the ends of the earth, God has given us the same Holy Spirit and many ways to spread the message about the Bread of Life. On whichever pathway we follow—along family networks, alongside communities in poverty, through missional business—the important thing is to start. As we follow God’s path in wisdom, He’ll give us light for the next steps. What’s your next step?

The Bible warns us: “Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.”

Proverbs 4:14–15 NIV

What’s your next step?