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Devotional for Tuesday, January 3, 2017
“His Footsteps – Our Righteousness”
 
righteousness will go before Him
 
 
by Dona Hake
 
I love knowing I am going the right direction especially when I am driving alone to a new destination.  My GPS has been faithful to me and I rely upon it many times.   It is always comforting seeing that pretty path on my map that is colored in magenta.  If I get off course due to a wrong turn it quickly turns red, and it is not long that I hear “Recalculating!!!!”   This little device has saved me much grief, and helped me find many weddings that were depending upon me to photograph!!

 
 
I like to think of the Holy Spirit going before us just like this.   He wants us to pay close attention to His voice as we go about the business of our day.   That peace inside of us assures us that we are on the right course yet if He decides to course correct us we can experience that knowing within our heart. The disappearance  of peace and assurance within us should never be ignored for it is a sure sign of a warning and we need to seek Him and heed to His instruction.
 
Psalm 85:13BRG
 
Righteousness shall go before him;
and shall set us in the way of his steps.
 
May we continue to grow in truth and righteousness this new year.   I love how this translation says, “Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.”   As I meditated on this I began to think of a small child on the sands of a beach finding some big footsteps of an adult.   Walking along, the child carefully places her feet inside the big footprint.   So it is with us as we desire to cling to our Lord and follow Him closely.   His footprints are established in truth and righteousness.  They are rock solid, and as we purpose to walk within his footprints, we will always be within the borders of His will for our lives.
 
 
Lord, we thank You this day and the  New Year in which we can set our hearts to live for You and serve You.  May we be mindful that we are living for Your truth and righteousness.   Help us to be mindful of keeping ourselves in the way of Your steps and not our own.   Even in those times that Your way may not make sense to us, help us to be mindful that Your ways are higher than our ways, and You understand the big picture of the work in our life.   In Jesus Name, amen!