Today’s post will be short, as I sit in the airport awaiting my plane. I am heading to Orlando to see my son and grandchildren. Yet, this trip is so much more. When I left Orlando in December 2013, I truly believed I was finally going home. Everything was clear. this was God’s plan. All of life has fit together so beautifully. My job is incredible and the Doctor’s I work with amazing. I returned to school last fall online at Liberty University. My older son and family are here. Mom is happy for the first time, resting in Jesus while living in the nursing home. Two jail ministries and the children’s ministry round out my life. Yet, suddenly all is unclear once more. So how does one find clear direction.
Jesus throughout Mark teaches and guides His followers. He demonstrates both how to teach and how to live a life dependent on the Holy Spirit. You see this trip is more than just to visit. My youngest son had been to follow me to Missouri; but, that was not God’s plan. Circumstances changed and at this point I need to find clear direction. Do I leave everything and return to Orlando? Or do I stay where I am peacefully comfortable. When all is unclear, we must follow the example of Jesus and draw aside alone with God and let the Holy Spirit guide. Then without fear, step out into which ever road God leads. Just be certain, it is God’s Spirit and not yours guiding you.
Finding Clear Direction
Read Psalm one. Spend hours alone with God. Read the word of God. Lay open your mind that you might be willing to here. Be willing to lay aside everything to follow Him. Then wait. I don’t know the answer yet; but, God has a perfect plan and I trust Him. He has never guided me in the wrong direction.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8
Concluding Thoughts
As I depart on this trip, pray for me. This I know, God IS the great I am and His plan is all I seek. May God also give you clear direction when all is unclear.
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