I am one who loves a good image… a metaphor. When pastors use images in their sermons, I really get (and remember!) the point. I remembered one last night and wanted to share it, because it really captures the place in my life that I am at right now. Now, I don’t tend to be one who stresses uncontrollably over my future and what’s happening in my life. But I do get a bit anxious at times, which usually just results in researching jobs and places to live on the internet for a few hours at a time. (nothing too big!) Last night I ended up discovering a website about Head Start and More at Four programs in Durham, and I got really excited about the prospect of moving to Durham next year. When I finally pulled myself away from my computer and went to bed, I kept thinking about it. I thought to myself, “there are so many different ways I could go right now, so many different options. I feel like it is God’s will for me to relocate to Durham, but how do I know whether it is really God’s will or just me imprinting my desires onto ‘God’s Will’?” Then the image came to mind. A few weeks ago JD (my pastor) was talking about his little girl learning to walk. At the learning-to-walk stage, he would hold onto her hand to make sure she didn’t fall. It was her feet taking the steps, but ultimately he was deciding where she would go by guiding her movement. He was actually using that as an image of how the authors of the Bible wrote the Bible, but it spoke a lot to me about living life with Christ in control. Yes, my feet may be hitting the ground, but it is His mighty hands that are guiding my tiny feet. He knows exactly where’s He’s taking me, and it’s my job just to keep moving and sensing where He’d have me go. It’s so reassuring to know that He is in control!
(from “Just Enough Light for the Step I’m on : Book of Prayers” by Stormie Omartian
“Lord, I don’t want to take one step without You. I reach up for your hand and ask that You lead me in Your way. Thank You that no matter where I am right now, even if I have gotten way off course, in this moment, as I put my hand in Yours, You will make a path from where I am to where I need to be. And You will lead me on it. I love that Your grace abounds to me in that way. Keep me on the path You have for me and take me where You want me to go. I commit this day to walking with You.”
You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forever more.
-Psalm 16:11-
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