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DIRECTIONS FROM ABOVE

28 Jul

“Trust in the Lord with all you heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6

During a visit to Chicago, I stayed on the 25th floor of a downtown hotel. As I gazed out the window, I was fascinated by the maze of cars flowing four lanes abreast in opposite directions.

One motorist faces in emergency. He had engine troubled and was stalled in the middle of all that traffic. From the vantage point I could see for blocks. I watched several drivers switch into the same lane as the stalled auto. unaware of what was ahead. Thinking they were gaining time, these motorists were actually crossing over into a lane that would only spell greater delay.

As we travel along life’s road, we do much the same as those misguided drivers. With our limited foresight we select the route that seems best-only to find that the temporary advance has led us into a course filled with delay and heartache. But how reassuring that we can look to One who is above everything, who knows the end from the beginning! This is why the writer Proverbs could say, “In all your way acknowledge Him, and He shall directs your paths” (Proverbs 3:6). When the Lord indicates a “stop” or a “change of lanes” or a “wait”, we should gladly obey.

Yes. we look for direction from above.

He leadeth me! O blessed thought!
O words with heavenly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be,
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.

THE BEST WAY TO KNOW GOD’S WILL IS TO SAY “I WILL” TO GOD!

 

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