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Tuesday... We do not always understand the whys.


Tuesday... We do not always understand the whys.

Over in Acts 16:6 (NLT) it tells of an experience of Paul and Silas. Here is what it says, "Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time." 


Margaret and I went this last week from our home in Las Vegas to Denver, Colorado to see our oldest granddaughter graduate from high school. Now we had some snow on Vail Pass with no trouble but as we were headed into Denver our Waze took us another way instead of straight through into Denver. It took a little longer and we didn't know why but there was a three vehicle crash on Interstate 70. And that is the way that the Holy Spirit works in our lives. We didn't know the why until later why we were on highway 6 instead of 70. Did we gripe? No, we accepted the fact that Waze knew something that we didn't know. It could see what we couldn't see. 

Look at verse 7. It says, "Then coming to the borders of Mysia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there. So instead, they went on through Mysia to the seaport of Troas."

And then in verse 9 Paul had a vision and in verse 10 it says, "So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once, having concluded that God was calling us to preach the Good News there." We don't always need to understand the whys, just the Who.

Now there are so many different benefits of having a relationship with Christ and this is one of the great ones.

Proverbs 28:26 (AMP) says, "He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool, but he who walks in [skillful and godly wisdom] will be rescued."

Now as I mentioned, in our following Waze we did go through some snow on Vail Pass. Following the Spirit's leading may take us through some tough spots but we can know that God allows them and has a purpose for them. Yes, Paul and Silas ended up in jail but God used that situation to get Paul in line to go to Rome where he wrote a big portion of the New Testament which was God's plan for Paul.

Listen, whatever unknown that is in your life may have a God purpose in it. Yes, we may not always understand the whys but we can put our trust in the one who does know.  That is the wise thing to do. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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