"Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path" Psalm 119:105
My feet take me places. Sometimes I run there, sometimes I saunter, other times it's a slow and stumbling pace but it's always one step at a time that gets me where I'm going. I like to know where I'm going. I like to know my destination and the path that's going to get me there. I think I often miss the steps that are right in front of me though when I'm so focused on what's up ahead. A friend reminded me of Psalm 119:105. God's word is a lamp to guide my feet. My feet. The feet that take me one step at a time.
I'm having trouble focusing on the light that is guiding my feet. I want to know where I'm going to be working in January, where I'm going to be living. Will I be starting over in a new place or staying put in my new house? Will I like my new job, get along with the people I'll be working with and will I even be any good at my job? I guess it comes down to having trouble trusting God with my future. Now that I'm finishing up school in the next few months, life isn't so planned out anymore. I've always known what I would be doing from one month to the next and now I don't. It's honestly very exciting! But I still seem to be over-analyzing every decision instead of giving control over to God. I want to trust the light that is guiding my feet. I want to leave room for God to work and direct me in the way that he would have me go. My dad quoted verses from Proverbs 16 to me while I was home this August...
"All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit...commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established...when a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him...the heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps..."
I want the Lord to establish my steps during this transition in my life. I want to be empowered with inner strength through his Spirit. I want my roots to down into God's love and keep me strong. I want the power to understand how wide, how long, how high and how deep his love is for me, though I will never fully understand it.
8.30.2008
Posted by Jen at 9:43 PM
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2 comments:
Lovin the new look of your blog. It's a great color. And you know we MUST go to Cafe Artigiano when you are here next. It really does suck that things were so hectic for me when you were here. Are you home around Xmas or are you there. Cause I will be going there so perhaps our time will overlap at some point. Next time...it WILL happen.
All the best to you as God leads...just remember to be in the moment!
Love Hailey xo
Well, you already know that I want you to come back to BC to live and work :) But even more so, I want all of these things you've listed for yourself. To feel his Spirit moving & loving you, to be empowered with inner strength and to feel His guidance.
Praying for you in these next weeks and months of decision making. He WILL direct you... just might not be as obvious as you would like at times, but He will nonetheless.
Love you!!
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