Devotional for Friday, August 4, 2017
“He Will Clear the Road For You To Follow”
by Dona Hake
Proverbs 3:5-6
Contemporary English Version
“With all your heart
you must trust the Lord
and not your own judgment.
Always let him lead you,
and he will clear the road
for you to follow.”
you must trust the Lord
and not your own judgment.
Always let him lead you,
and he will clear the road
for you to follow.”
I can remember a few years ago when I had taken my Granddaughters home after watching them all day. It was an evening of very slow traffic due to freshly fallen snow. I made a decision to go a certain way home because I thought it was the safest, and it ended up adding an hour onto my travel time. Upon turning onto the main road I found the road was blocked due to an accident and they were detouring all cars. The problem for me was they were directing me onto a road I had never been on before. It was dark, and visibility was bad which made matters worst. I had absolutely no clue where I was, and became a bit nervous about it. Since I did not even know the street I was on, I could not even program anything into my GPS. I remembered that there was a compass on my iPhone and that was the best thing for me at that point. I could at least see I was heading in the right direction, and that is all I needed, and I eventually got back on track.
In my time of having no clue of what to do, I had peace in knowing that at least I was going the right direction. So it is in this life when we are in those places where everything seems new, strange, or confusing. Fear can so easily grip our hearts when we feel we do not even know where we are, and what we are to do. We just need to get our direction back, and allow the peace of the Lord to minister to our hearts so that we can be guided by His divine direction.
I love the translation of this scripture that I am sharing with you today. Our judgements can seem so right at times but we cannot put our trust in our own judgements, our trust must be in the Lord. Praise God that He is well able to clear the road ahead of us, and we can begin to see clearly again and make some sense out of things, and go in His divine direction.
Lord, help us this day to lean upon you in the smallest of matters for all things that concern us really do matter to You. We thank you for your divine direction and provision as we walk beside You this day. In Jesus Name!