74/365: Finding Your Way

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. ~ Proverbs 3:6

Why are some guys reluctant to ask for directions? Perhaps the act of asking someone for directions is more or less admitting defeat.

Without a map, GPS, or trail makers - you can quickly lose your way. Fortunately, a Christian life is packed full of well marked trails which can get you back on track.

GO DEEPER: Luke 12: 8-10

NEXT STEP:

Here are a few GPS points you can save on your spiritual map to get back on track.

God never moves. He can always be found in your prayer time
Sit down with a fellow believer to discuss what's happening
Worship with a heart full of gratitude to get back on

Kevin Miller

on 03/15/2023 at 06:08 PM

I grew up in a dysfunctional family but thanks to an outreach ministry of a local church I found Jesus about the 4th grade. I went from being a trouble maker to being the kid who hardly got into trouble. About high school graduation time I decided to start doing my own thing. In short this ended up with addiction. Because of that I went to celebrate recovery and I learned how important a small group can be to help guide a person. Having help asking the war is extremely important.

Ethan Rogers

on 03/15/2023 at 04:39 PM

I always thought I knew what was best for myself and for others. I thought I could lead the way, and I was the smartest person in the room. I always tried to get what I wanted by the use of codependant tactics, and when I did not get what I wanted, I condemned, threw a fit, threw a tantrum, like a child. How disgusting that was to act like that. I hurt many people and relationships by doing that. It took me 50 plus years to realize what a deficient, ignorant son of a gun I was. Yearning to be a better man for God's purpose, and my recovery from addiction, I have sought and found many ugly truths about myself. The first step in fixing any problem is accepting fault, admitting the problem, but even before that is knowing the problem exists. My addiction was apparent to everyone for decades. The person I was, was not so. Everyone just knew that I was a rotten a-hole, and I thought I was being treated unfairly. I felt a victim of a cruel world. God has saved me from a miserable life of suffering. God put great people in my life and speaks through them. He puts guiding markers and "signs" everywhere for me to accept. I now know that drugs and alcohol were only a symptom of my bigger problem...me. God was the only thing that could save me from myself. Jesus and His map, the Bible, can lead me through the triumphant arch to a good life here and after. There is hope. Prayer works. Praise be to the God of Love.

Pastor Hall

on 03/15/2023 at 03:20 PM

I remember some years ago a gentleman I was ministering too said YHWH told him Michael won't do anything unless he asks ME first. ABBA is the only trustworthy, consistent agape being in existence

Joseph Caraveo

on 03/15/2023 at 02:08 PM

Good morning all, I remember early in my walk with the Lord everyone was telling me how blessed I was and highly favored. However I was financially broke, three months behind on rent, unemployed and couldn't find a job. This was my first three months as a new believer. The devil was in my ear constantly saying "blessed? You can't even buy a soda, your unemployed, that's favor?" this went on for almost a year. I kept being faithful and did what I was encouraged to do and what the word said do. But thing didn't change until one day God said work for yourself. I had $40 toy name I placed an ad on craigslist and forgot it. one week later the floodgates of heaven opened and calls started coming in. April of 2010 God blessed me with a company that did almost 6 figures yearly. i did nothing perfect I just didn't give up and God never let go! Thank you Jesus! if your struggling it's ok, God won't let you down, he's just working some stuff out of you and into you! blessings Joseph

Jeffrey Pfliegier

on 03/15/2023 at 02:08 PM

I tend to learn more about what God's will is for me by making mistakes.

Tommy Williamson

on 03/15/2023 at 02:04 PM

Every time I try to take controls depend on my own guidance I find myself hopelessly lost. My first time started in 1975 at yhe age of 19. After graduating college in May of 75 I soon had my first job after college. In June my father passed. That same week I was fired from my job and in that night my girlfriend relayed to me a bunch of lies she had heard about me and broke up with me. I came home one night after a field trip for one of my classes at college during which sister of the kids were smoking blunts, mom was steaming she had found my porn. Then she caught a whiff of my clothes. She started accusing me of doing drugs, no matter what I said she would not listen. I finally ran out the door and drove to a friends house. The next day I went and got my stuff. She had gone through everything of mine she if did not like it she burnt it in our trash pit. By February 1978 I had lost my job again, my roommate was moving out and my landlady handed me an eviction notice. I was faced with nowhere to go, no friends and no money in the middle of the most brutal winter our area had ever seen. That day the pastor of the church we had gone to stopped by for a bisit.By the time he was ready to leave I had given my heart back to God and hd had offered me a place to stay until I could get money to move were the family was.

Rick K

on 03/15/2023 at 01:53 PM

Not sure what Luke 12 says about us finding our way, but I like John chapter 14. Thomas just blurts it out to Jesus: "if we don't know where you're going, how can we know the way?!" Good stuff in that chapter!

on 03/15/2023 at 01:15 PM

Lawrence, fear and resentment didn’t happen overnight. Perservere through those times when prayer and bible reading doesn’t seem to work. The enemy would like nothing better than to keep us lost and frustrated. As Tim responded, I too would encourage you to hang in there. The best days are ahead. Remember we walk by faith and not by sight (feelings). May each of us have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him and what He desires to do in and through us. This only comes as we persevere and allow the Holy Spirit to guide us. Blessings.

Brandon Pembleton

on 03/15/2023 at 01:14 PM

Something I've noticed over the past year or so is that it's pretty easy to walk the trail when life is sunny. I don't really have to get the compass nor map out much if I don't tell myself I need to. The trouble with not using them often is I forget I have them and forget how to use them when the sun sets and a storm rolls in. Then it becomes easy to get lost wandering in the dark rainy night. Practicing prayer, meditation, and surrounding myself with fellow believers keeps those skills sharp and at the ready for those inevitable storms of life. Sometimes the storms can be torrential and it can be so scary that I think I need to seek shelter first before getting out God's compass. I've found the only way I get that compass out first is to practice and train all the time with God when it sunny and when it grows dark to immediately admit I need help to navigate like any other day. I need you God always to be the compass in my life, to keep me on the path towards your light. I love you God amen 🙏

Boyce Moses

on 03/15/2023 at 12:56 PM

Love you Jesus! 💙💚🧡💛

Boyce Moses

on 03/15/2023 at 12:55 PM

Trust the Lord with all your heart. He will lead you on the right path. Many have taken years to build up their distrust, it will take time to overcome that. The Lotd will never leave you, trust Hi

Tim

on 03/15/2023 at 12:40 PM

Hang in there Lawrence. Change doesn’t happen overnight. We change as a result of our belief trust and faith in Jesus. By believing and putting our faith in Jesus we accept the Holy Spirit into our hearts and it is the spirit that changes us. I’m praying for you!!!

Lawrence

on 03/15/2023 at 12:31 PM

My fears and resentments have made things difficult for me. I’m afraid I don’t know how to let go of them. I’ve recently started praying and reading, just doesn’t seem like anything is helping.

Elliott

on 03/15/2023 at 12:28 PM

“We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator. We can laugh at those who think spirituality the way of weakness. Paradoxically, it is the way of strength. The verdict of the ages is that faith means courage. All men of faith have courage. They trust their God. We never apologize for God. Instead we let Him demonstrate, through us, what He can do. We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be. At once, we commence to outgrow fear." I love this quote from 12step recovery. it shows me that I am not weak, I just need to let go and ask for help!

Steven

on 03/15/2023 at 12:01 PM

For many years I thought I was trusting the Lord but I continued to struggle with distructive behaviors. But the verse says, "trust the Lod with ALL your heart." I was still holding on to hurt and resentment and I would let go of that and trust God with the pain of past abuse. Finally , with help, I learned to let go of all that bitterness. Now my distructive patterns are gone and I have more hope, joy and most of all intergity. I'm not hiding a secret. I have no more guilt and shame. God is good and trustworthy. he keeps His promises. Praise the Lord.

michael f vinning

on 03/15/2023 at 11:24 AM

Never quite understood men who wouldn’t ask for directions! Lol my problem is that I always want the most amount of control over every situation so I’d make sure I had a map, directions, a gps, and a co-pilot. Learned over the years that this is also not healthy! It’s a form of self protection stemming from a traumatic childhood where I felt no control over what was happening to me!! God is in control and I can trust him to get me there!!! Sure, I have to play my part, but the outcome is His and His alone!!

74/365: Finding Your Way

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