6 Jun, 2007
Fork in the road?
How will you handle your next one?
What will you do? Today? Tomorrow? In the future?
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Proverbs 3:6 (NLT)
6 Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.
According to Solomon's words in today's God's Story scripture, what is the key to making a good decision when facing that "fork in the road"?
Today, we look at the next verse in the passage most often used at graduation time or for anyone who is trying to make plans for the future.
Solomon wrote that we must seek God's will in all we do in order to receive His guidance. This means that everything we do, in every detail, must be turned over to His control. Let's look at what some of the words in this verse mean:
- Seek - this is the desire to trust someone completely. It comes from a word in the Old Testament Hebrew language that was used to describe intimacy developed through personal experience. This is very cool - it means that when we are learning to know who God is, we will grow in our love for Him, which results in a desire to let Him lead us completely!
- Show - this means to guide with intensity and focus. God loves us so much that He will do anything and everything to lead us in the best way for us. This does not mean that our path will be easy, but it does mean that He will enable us to go through difficulties to get us to our final destination.
To get to our future destination, we must make sure we're on the right road. To make good choices when facing that "fork in the road", we must follow the ONE who lovingly desires to give direction to our life.
- Thank God that He has a perfect plan for your life. Ask for His help in understanding more of who He really is, according to His Holy Word. Invite His Spirit to deepen your intimacy with God. Ask Him to remind you every day to seek His will for your decisions. Thank Jesus that even when the path is hard, He promises to go with you.
- Commit yourself to a greater level of intimacy with God in the next month. He will honor your desire.
- Review and keep praying about the "TOP FIVE DECISIONS" list you wrote out yesterday.
- Whenever you pick up a fork this week, thank God for helping you to seek His will in your decision making.
How can we connect today's story and God's Story scripture and our story to others?
When you're eating with friends or family this week, take your fork and use it to share what you learned in today's DAILYBIDE.
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