Daily Power #315

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. (Ps. 119:105 NLT)

Sometimes when I’m making decisions about the future, I wish that God would give me more information to help make the decision easier. He already knows the future. Why won’t he share more of it with me? During those times, I try to remind myself of today’s verse from the Psalms.

When we seek him in his Word, God will often speak to us, prompting us on what steps we should take next. But if he is offering a lamp to our feet and light to our path, that may only help us for a few steps. And no more.

Most of the time we want more details about the future. However, it would probably be more than we bargained for. I’m guessing that God knows we wouldn’t deal well with some of the details if we could see exactly what was coming. If he had shown me much of what I’ve had to endure leading the church, I would not have said yes to starting it more than two decades ago.

God’s grace is always sufficient for today—or for the moment.

If you ever find yourself wanting more details, remember that God will show you all you need to make decisions that honor him. He may illuminate our path for two or three steps, but he likely will not show us steps four, five, or six. We have to take the first few before he’ll show us what to do next.

Power Lift

As I make decisions in my life, Lord, I will trust you to illuminate the next step I should take. Forgive me when I want to see more than you are ready to reveal. I will wait on you to guide me.