He is The One we follow

God always directs our steps
when He is The One we follow

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes.” – Proverbs 3:5-7a

We plan
We think the course is set
And then,
there is a change
and dismay strikes

But, God is still in control
God still directs our steps
He instructs us to be
watchful and waiting,
ready
alert to His call
to be about Him
and He will bring prosperity
doing the work of the Father

We must Trust Him

A new plan unfolds
We think the direction clear
but the road is muddied
and we cannot see the outcome

Do we settle for less?
Do we become downhearted
and disenchanted?

or
Do we pray
asking God to provide opportunities
to serve Him

Are we thankful
praising God for the opportunities
already come
and those yet to come

Do we acknowledge
trusting in God in all ways and all times,
not hindering His divine plan
because of our own
poor choices and decisions

Do we believe
in God’s power, His timing, His goodness, His mercy
In ALL He is, all we cannot comprehend,
yet know in our hearts to be true

God always directs our steps
when He is The One we follow.

“Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles; They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” – Isaiah 40:31

(c) January 27, 2015

I will follow You

Acts 19:19-29, 32 (NKJV)
¹⁹ Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver.
²⁰ So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
²¹  When these things were accomplished, Paul purposed in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."
²²  So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he himself stayed in Asia for a time.
²³ And about that time there arose a great commotion about the Way.
²⁴ For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small profit to the craftsmen.
²⁵ He called them together with the workers of similar occupation, and said: "Men, you know that we have our prosperity by this trade.
²⁶ Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands.
²⁷ So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana may be despised and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship."
²⁸ Now when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!"
^29a So the whole city was filled with confusion.

³² Some therefore cried one thing and some another, for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

I will follow You
wherever you go
whatever you do
I will follow.

But what are you following
What are you being led by
Are you part of a crowd
filled with confusion
feeling obliged
to respond as another

The people of Ephesus were followers
One person caused a commotion
“The Way” is not prosperous
We will be destroyed.
The crowd distraught,
anger and confusion
controlled choices

Bowing down to prosperity and wealth
and worshipping foreign gods
is what they know
Why change
Why look elsewhere

But what they know
and what you know
is not wisdom from God

Why do you follow other gods
when there is only
One God

One Savior

Why do you follow the crowd
when there is only
One Way

Why do you follow false teachings and lies
when there is only
One Truth

Why do you follow the hold of Sin
on your life
and the road that leads nowhere
when there is only
One Solution

I will follow You
Who
What

Do you follow Christ
Is it He who leads you

Is it His voice
His teachings
His love
His mercy
His commandments
His life
who you follow

“I am The Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to The Father except through Me.” – John 14:6

(c) January 26, 2015