If I want to cross an open field, I would look for a path that someone else had used. That might help me avoid difficult situations and mistakes I might make. God shows us a path that others have used to travel through life well. I think that would be better than wondering around and having to make it up as we go. I look to the hills, from where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2