Follow the Leader

I went biking with friends the other day, from Welland to Port Colbourne to go get some Dairy Queen. Yum! I've never been this way on my bike before. I knew the direction I needed to go, but I was missing the specifics.

I discovered I have a problem following the leader. I couldn't get in rhythm with their pace so I would go ahead & wait for them to catch up. It was frustrating because I just wanted to get up & go at my own pace. So I wasted a lot of energy & had a few mishaps because I'm impatient. Stupid pole. Silly goose.

On my way home I realized that I will do the same thing in my life. God gives me a direction to go, I go along with Him, get bored or frustrated, then run up ahead of Him.
I want to see everything NOW. I want to know what I'm supposed to do with my life all at once.

When I finally realize that I've run ahead, I stop & find His presence again. Then we have to fix me up & set me on the right path again.

If I knew every detail of my life what would I need God for?

I need Him to show me each day where I need to go. I need to be on the lookout for where the Holy Spirit is working in people's lives & join Him.

I'm not sure of the EXACT path I'm taking with my life, but I do know that God has a good plan for my life. I look back and see that He has never failed me, so I trust that He won't fail my future either!

"True to Your Word, You let me catch my breath, and set me in the right direction."
- Psalm 23:3. The Message

"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what He wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."
- Romans 12:1-2 The Message

"I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. When you call on Me, when you come and pray to Me, I'll listen. When you come looking for Me, you'll find Me. Yes, when you get serious about finding Me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed. God's Decree."
- Jeremiah 29:11-14a The Message