The Good Old Way!

Jeremiah 6:16 "Thus saith the Lord,Stand ye in the ways,and see and ask for the old paths,where is the good way,and walk therein,and ye shall find rest for your souls.But they said,We will not walk therein".

It is the distinguishing feature of the good old way that in it we find rest for our souls. This is one of the tokens by which we may discern the false from the true.The people's stubborn refusal to walk in the triditional ways of the true righteousness is often mentioned in Jeremiah.Moving in their own paths and following their own way could and would lead only to Judah's destruction.Their is deffinitly a contrast in the good old way of righteousness and life,and the way of the ungodly and death.

It is called "the good old way".It is not the easy way: or the idle which the foolish ask for, but it is not worth seeking after, since it leads to poverty and perdition of the soul.It also is not the popular way,for there be few that find it.But it is the good way,made by a good God,in infinite goodness to his people,paved with the blood,pain,suffering and death of the good Lord Jesus;and revealed by the good spirit to those whose eternal good he seeks.It is the way of holiness, of peace, of safty,and it leads to heaven.Is it not good?A way that goes from earth all the way to heaven?It is the good old way, for at it's entrance men are born again;and it is good in its continuation,for they that hold their way are made righteous,and it is good in its termination,for it leads to perfection,to bliss, to God himself.

It is in this good old way that you shall find rest for your weary soul.Rest that you've never enjoyed before;traveling you shall rest.Joy shall be upon your head,peace shall be prepared for your feet.Rest for the conscience comes to those who enter God's way of salvation.Be careful not to wonder off the good path seeking that which shines afar off,but know that if you do wonder off the path Jesus is the way back to the good old way.