Psalm 23:3 English Standard Version (ESV) He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness^{[right paths]} for his name’s sake.

This is a bible truth largely ignored.

Allan Bloom, in The Closing of the American Mind, wrote “To thine own self be true” has become the “life verse” for millions of people who are ignorant of what the Bible says or don’t think it’s true anyway.

At this point the lyrics by Fleetwood Mac come to mind. “Go your own way.” That is exactly the way we act when we refuse to accept God’s plan for a better life. I am speaking about more than an eternal life that is after our natural death. I am referring to the eternal life that begins when we become born again in Christ.

The beginning of eternal life does not start with our natural death, it begins when we are born again. When we are in Christ the paths of righteousness are for our sake because we have taken on this life in Christ. Being a follower of Christ, a disciple, is more than reading a few passages and telling ourselves this is how we should live.

Having this life in Christ is not a reading assignment, homework and a test. That would be like adopting a child then showing them the adoption papers every day and telling them this is the only reason they were in our lives. The adoption relationship, becoming a child of God, is a real loving relationship which is so much more than words on paper.

If we were to rewrite that quote from Hamlet, it might sound more like this; “Discover who you are in Christ!” We became a new creation, the old life is left behind, we become dead to the world and alive in Christ.

Romans 6:4 English Standard Version (ESV) We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

That is a discoverable truth.