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Wednesday... So where do I go?


Psalm 25:4 (NLT), "Show me the right path, O LORD; point out the road for me to follow."

Wednesday... So where do I go?

I had a friend in the coffee shop I go to who asked me to pray for them and their planting a new church and that brought me so many memories. I was a church planter.

I have even in my life headed out the door asking God what coffee shop do you want me to go? That is a great place for planters to go.

Now here is the scripture today that caught my attention. King David in Psalm 25:4 (NLT) said to God what we also can say and need to pray. He said, "Show me the right path, O LORD; point out the road for me to follow."


Yes, God is in the right path business for all those who turn to him. I turned my radio off in my car this morning and talked to God about some paths that Margaret and I have to go on. That is such a tremendous opportunity.

Now The New International Reader's Version says, "Lord show me your ways. Teach me to follow you." Verse 5 goes on to say, "Guide me in your truth. Teach me. You are God my Savior. I put my hope in you all day long." I love that, "I put my hope in you all day long." God is always with us.

Over in Proverbs 25 it says in verse 2 (NLT), "It is God's privilege to conceal things and the king's privilege to discover them." Yes, there is some work there in finding God's path. I love how The Message Paraphrase says it, "God delights in concealing things; scientists delight in discovering things." There is so much that God has for us to know and do.

We seem to want what God has for us but we don't take the time and effort to find what it all is. I suggest to read and study the Bible with a prayerful, open heart and then spend time in prayer and meditation in what you have found, learned and experienced.

Verse 19 in the New Living Translation says, "Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot." But it is so easy to do, isn't it?

Back to Psalm 25. Verses 8-10 says, "The LORD is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray. He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way. The LORD leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demand." And yes, that is so important. It really is.

And verse 21 says, "May integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you." And that is where we go. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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