After being on the planet fifty years, I have come to the conclusion that I hate last minute directions. Did you ever come to a fork in the road and not know which way to go? I am a guy who wants to know which way I am to go WELL IN ADVANCE of a necessary turn. I am nervous about missing an exit or a turn when I on the road. I take special comfort in the voice of a GPS that says, “Right turn in five hundred feet!” I love that advanced warning. Choosing the right path in life is as important as choosing the right road on a trip. The wrong path will get you to the wrong destination, and may even make the way unbearably rough. Because life is all about choices, we need to ask some questions: “What if we make the wrong turn? Where will the road take us? Will I have a way to come back if we are mistaken about our choices?” These are real concerns on the path of life. Paul offered specific directives from the Spirit of God, helping believers know how to discern the best path in following Jesus. He demonstrated an important truth – that when we pray consistently, God exposes the problem and offers direction. Paul shared that when we seek God we get answers that are consistent with His truth and dependent on His priorities. Those exposed truths are like a healing balm in the believer who will take heed. At the very least they will understand the problems they are facing. More than likely, they saw God’s power through some of those problems. In all of it, the believers at Philippi learned to put the problems and their solutions in the order that God has them.