“The Detours of Life” Devotional #27
Everyone
has a journey. One that has many
different twists and turns. Sometimes parts
of the journey are with the Lord, side by side with Him or better yet, being
carried by Him during the toughest parts.
Yet other times we are on our own, by our own choosing. The times that we are with Him, life is
smooth even during the tough times.
Blessings are received and enjoyed.
The times that we are on our own life is bumpy, messy and
difficult. Blessings are not received or
enjoyed. Instead what is accompanied
with these times that we are on our own, again by our own choice, is
desperation, loneliness, remorse.
I have
experienced both on my journey with the Lord.
I have been with the Lord and have received His blessing. I have also been on my own, by my own
choosing, and have experienced bumps and bruises because I was lost and
confused. Have you ever felt this way? Lost and confused?
Here’s a
little tidbit about myself. I’m not
always the greatest when it comes to finding addresses. Thank God for the invention of the GPS! Before this great invention I would often get
lost and no, I usually didn’t have a map with me. I would get confused and anxious. Now that I have access to a GPS getting lost
is no longer an issue. My dear friend,
go with me on this one please. Let’s say
the Holy Spirit is our GPS. John 16:13 , “But when he, the Spirit of truth,
comes, he will guide you into all truth.”
It’s like GPS can stand for God
Provides the Steps.
Even when
the Lord is the One providing the steps for us sometimes it can feel like we
are on the wrong path. It feels like
it’s the wrong path because it is not what we would have chosen for ourselves. To be more specific, a sudden death of a
loved one or losing your job when you need it the most or having to move when
you just started to feel settled and make friends. These are the detours of life. In the Bible we have several examples of
people that had some major detours in their own lives. These examples are there so that we can learn
from them.
The examples
of people that had their detours and made it through with the Lord are Joseph, who
was sold as a slave but became a Prime Minister. Esther, the beautiful woman, taken by force
from the life she knew and became King Xerxes’ Queen. Daniel, who was also taken by force and
became a wise servant of the King of Babylon.
King David, Jessie’s youngest son, who was a shepherd and musician. He was hunted by Saul and then later in life
hunted by his son Absalom.
The examples of people that had
their detours and didn’t make it through with the Lord, not by His choosing but
by their own are, Cain, the first human son, a farmer who felt upstaged by his
brother and killed him. King Saul, the
first king of Israel
There are many more examples of people that lived long ago
in the Bible that had their lives detoured.
The Lord chose their responses, the good and the bad ones, to be
immortalized forever in His Word. The
reason why? So that we may learn from
these people and apply God’s Truth to our lives. My dear friend, life does have detours for
you, and for me. When we face these
detours lets face them with the Lord and not on our own.
Thank you my dear
friend for taking the time to visit my blog.
I appreciate your time in reading this devotional. I’d love to read your thoughts in the
comments below about this devotional or any of the others that I have written
so far. I appreciate you and am
constantly praying for you. Also, would
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*If you would like to
read this same devotional in Spanish or know of someone that would please visit
my Spanish blog at www.ministerioreflejandolaverdad.blogspot.com
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