“THIS IS THE WAY!”

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 450
November 12, 2019///

This morning as I was praying about what God wanted me to send out today, I was also thinking about situations right now where people close to me are having to just trust God because they cannot see the way, and so I pulled out a MeMaws Thought from 2011. I pray God touches you and encourages you through this!
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AUGUST 2, 2011

ISAIAH 30:21
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”

How many of you have ever made the statement, “If God would just draw me a map of what I need to do with my life, I would do it”. Or you say “I know where I am supposed to be going, but I cannot see the way”.

Or maybe you have not even gotten to the place where you are concerned about what God wants from you but know that life has to be about more than you and more than survival. The first step for you is to know that God has a plan for your life and joy comes when you follow in that plan.

Following the plan of God seems like it is sometimes taking steps into the unknown. We know what the desires in our heart are. We believe that our Father God placed them there, but we cannot see how to get there.

It reminds me of driving in a car to a destination. We are looking at a map or depending on our GPS, and believe we are headed correctly. Or maybe we know where we are going. Suddenly in front of us is an 18-wheeler going very slowly. We cannot see around it. We do not know if an accident is ahead, a traffic light, a license check stop, or just slow-moving traffic. Or maybe the 18-wheeler is moving at a normal speed, but we still cannot see the way ahead.

This can be a very frustrating spot to be in. You believe or know you are headed in the right direction but cannot see anything but the back of the 18-wheeler in front of you.
You just keep going, trusting that somewhere down the road the 18-wheeler will get out of your way and you will see what is ahead.

In our Christian walk we face seasons when we cannot see what is ahead. We know God said to us “This is the way”, and yet all we can see ahead is the back of some huge problem or situation that is standing in our way. We begin to question if we really heard God. Is this really what I am supposed to be doing? Am I making a difference in any life? Am I showing the world a different way to live?

At these slow moving, non-seeing, discouraging times, we must know that the Father has a plan and He is guiding us even when we cannot see the way. Sometime in the past I heard a good guide for this. “If you are committed to God and pray for his guidance, don’t change your direction unless you hear a clear command to do so”. Trust that the Spirit of God within you is listening to the voice of the Father. Keep going. Don’t stop even though you cannot see anything that is ahead.

This reminds me of a story Corrie Ten Boom told. She said that her father was taking her on a train trip. She began asking hours ahead for the train ticket she was to use. Her father said to her, “Corrie, you don’t need the ticket now, I will give it to you when you need it”.

This is so like our Heavenly Father; He is saying I will show you the next step when you need it. We may know the destination or dream He has place in our heart, but He will show us the way to get there, one step at a time.

What is the 18-wheeler in your life today? What situation or problem are you looking at and saying, I cannot see what’s ahead, I do not know if I should stop, change course or blow my horn and yell.

God is saying, “just keep going, tune your ears to the spirit that is within you and listen way down deep and you will hear my direction. If I don’t tell you to change your direction, keep going, by faith, knowing I am in control”.

Do you want to make a difference, do you want to fulfill your destiny, then just keep following what you know to do. Love God and Love each other. Then God will show you the personal plan, the personal direction He has for you.

Deuteronomy 10:12 (NKJV)
“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

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Father, help us to Love you and follow you even when we cannot see the way ahead. In the precious name of Jesus I pray. Amen

Life is about making a difference,
Love, MeMaw

Have an awesome week: Trust
Love, MeMaw