64/365: Finding God On Your Path

Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. ~Isaiah 25:1

Just as Isaiah looked to God and praised Him, we too should remember that God is perfectly faithful.

He has been doing wonderful things in your life since you were a young child. He has laid out a pathway of blessings, each of them waiting on you to meet them, see them, and receive them.

Some days, we miss the blessings while other days we are overwhelmed with joy for them. No matter the situation or place in life, God never stops preparing a path for us.

GO DEEPER: Psalm 139: 1-14

NEXT STEP: Look back and try to spot God in your story - In the good times, in the bad times, in the lonely times, in the crazy times.

Old Dude

on 03/05/2023 at 09:32 PM

I received Christ as my Savior in September 1980; however, I continued to struggle with a methamphetamine addiction for almost another decade. In November 1989, I was on my way home after buying some meth and I fell asleep at the wheel of my truck. Fortunately, the Lord positioned a telephone pole in the way of my vehicle, preventing me from running off the road into a canyon. I got out of my truck and saw that it was totalled; however, the only thought that was going through my head was, "Jesus loves me." Just at that moment, a sheriff pulled up to the scene and I thought for sure I was going to be going to jail for possession of a controlled substance. The officer asked me where the driver was, and I told him it was me. He asked me if I was okay, and I said I was except for some pieces of the windshield embedded in my forehead and my truck was totalled. The next thing he said was, "I have another accident to go to up on Highway 67. I will call you a tow truck." That was it. No interrogation. No arrest. The tow truck driver dropped me off at my place and took off with my truck and my meth. I knew for sure Jesus loves that night, and I have never used any illegal drugs since then. I could have died that night, or worse. I could have snapped my spinal cord and been paralyzed for the rest of my life with no one to take care of me, but Jesus loves me this I know. For the Bible tells me so.

Ethan R

on 03/05/2023 at 09:06 PM

God had steered my path to suffer great loss after succeeding in business and gaining riches only to lose everything through my selfish feelings of entitlement lak of humility and lak of God. This brings me to where I am now. I've learned many valuable lessons the hard way, hurt people on the way, and it brought me to become a new man through Christ Jesus and a newfound freedom from addiction and that fearful, resentful, miserable man with no peace. Wealth does not bring happiness, the more I got, the more I wanted. now is the same with God...go figure. "it is what it is," this means it is God's will.

Nick W

on 03/05/2023 at 08:45 PM

I feel like I'm still having the scales pulled away from my eyes - a little more every day - to be able to look back and see the ways that God was not just walking with me, but carrying me through the valleys of my life. But Lord, I have faith that even though I couldn't see you, and sometimes I didn't feel you, you were there, and are here now. Thank you for your faithfulness, God.

on 03/05/2023 at 05:01 PM

Amen! Thank you Lord Jesus!

Brandon Pembleton

on 03/05/2023 at 03:46 PM

I see God was always there, but much like Ash wrote I kept Him shut out for many many years. It's puzzling to me why I would do this when early in my adulthood I saw God's work in my life and whole heartedly believed in Him. Somewhere along the way I did get lost and grew very ashamed to the point I even renounced Him for a number of years. Like if I can make Him not exist I won't feel the guilt of bad decisions and poor choices. Ya that didn't exactly work. I felt that shame all the while. God being the patient father He is just waited and kindly put it let me know when you're done playing God and I'll help you see why only I, God of all things can occupy that seat. It's amazing to think such love and grace is extended to us to me when I was being such a little tyrant for many years. Thank you God for welcoming me back with love and compassion. Teaching me that is the way. I love you God amen 🙏

Ashley Jarvis

on 03/05/2023 at 03:34 PM

Looking back at all the times I thought God was out of my life, I see now where he was. I had been staring at a closed door that I believed was meant for me, throwing tantrums and fits like a child because it wouldn’t open. Blaming God because He wouldn’t give me my way… All the while, He was standing next to a number of doors and possibilities, all much better than what I had planned, all I needed to do was follow Him. He didn’t leave me, forsake me, or give up on me. He just patiently waited for me to stop throwing my tantrum, so I would look around and see Him. Sooo many times this happened, and He never left me. What is the ONLY things He asks in return? To love Him, and love others. To see our fellow people, the worse off the better, and help however we can to show them the open doors in their own lives. Incredible. What an incredible gift we all have, Amen 🙏🏻

Mark

on 03/05/2023 at 03:21 PM

God has been with me through every step, even when I have not walked closely with Him. This is my 9th year of marriage and I had a minimal relationship with Him for the majority of it. My wife and I rededicated our lives to Him two Sundays ago and I and so thankful for His grace and mercy that allowed us to overcome so much during my selfishness. Looking forward to what He has in store on this renewed journey! Happy Sunday!

tadd man

on 03/05/2023 at 02:13 PM

My brothers, have a wonderful Sunday. Thank you for all the inspiring words you guys share. God bless.

Elliott

on 03/05/2023 at 02:12 PM

God has been with me all of my life. he has shown me how to live in his spirit, directing me down the right path. I have ventured away from the path so many times but he allowed me to find out what true pain is and no matter what I have been through, it made me the man I am today. A stronger man that loves his brothers in Christ, not the guy who only cared about him self. Being alone use to scare me so much, I was scared of me, I couldn't tolerate me. Now that I have a new life, in a new State, trying to use god's blessing to become the man I have always wanted to be. Thank you guys for being a part of my story, by showing me that I am not alone!

michael f vinning

on 03/05/2023 at 02:11 PM

I pretty much ran from God every chance I could yet He still managed to use me to do good things for others. Can’t count the number of times he saved my life when I was in active addiction all those years, now at 51 I have a wife and 2 amazing kids, own a home and land and He allows me to reach 100 kids a day for him in my work. Didn’t deserve any of it but death. I owe him everything!

Chris S

on 03/05/2023 at 02:08 PM

I understand and feel the same as many of you guys do too. I have made a lot of mistakes even in my 19 years of age, but I can see God being there for me now in each of them. Even yesterday I got electrocuted at work, and I have a heart condition on top of it already, so I'm thankful and grateful to be alive today still. I know it's only by the grace of God, and I know that means He's not through with me yet. I also know I gotta change somethings my work does so no one else gets shocked too 😅

Boyce Moses

on 03/05/2023 at 02:04 PM

As we go through life, praise the Lord. I’m the Valley, Praise the Lord. Feeling down or up, Praise the Lord. Poor or rich, Praise the Lord. God us always with us, and always will be. Praise the Lord! Love you Jesus. 🤍🤎💜🧡

on 03/05/2023 at 02:01 PM

when I look back over my almost 70 years, I have seen God’s hands on me. I have rebelled often , but He has remaine faithful. I should not have been born. but He had a plan. He has a plan for each of us, even through our failures. He is GOOD. Men your comments continue to inspire and bless me. Thank you. Take time to see God even in what appears to be the chaos of your life, you will be in awe of Him and His ability

Robert McFaddin

on 03/05/2023 at 01:51 PM

God is with us. If we have received Christ as our savior He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. He keeps his word. It is IMPOSSIBLE for Him to do otherwise. @Tommy and everyone else- God isn’t done with us yet. If we are still alive He has things for us to do. The Bible says that before we ever existed he created good works for us to do. I feel like I’ve missed so many of those that they must be piling up. Yet, here I am, awake one more day here on God’s footstool. Like I said above, if you’re like me and still alive today, God isn’t done with any of us. To God be the glory!!!

Jeffrey Pfliegier

on 03/05/2023 at 01:40 PM

I am a 65-year-old recovering alcoholic. I sobered up at 58 years old. I drank and used for 45 years of my life from one disaster to the next. Somehow God managed to keep me alive to get me into the rooms of alcoholics anonymous this is where I started to learn about God He has blessed me in many ways but my biggest blessing is a continuous desire to learn more about God. God bless have a wonderful day

Joseph Caraveo

on 03/05/2023 at 01:27 PM

Good Morning everyone! At 54 I look back and see God woven into every moment of my life. from early childhood through "shipwreck" after "shipwreck", storm after storm. Every peak and every valley it's clear to see! God has blessed me with far more than I could ever imagine! All I can say is thank you Jesus and if he did it for me He can do it for you Tommy if God said it, it's truth! You are a great man of God! If we as believers have the same spirit and we're formed in His image, which we do and are. This fact alone make you and all men of God Great. I am so glad our Father doesn't see us the way we see us! Blessings too you man of God! Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Jacob Dixon

on 03/05/2023 at 01:07 PM

Gods got me out of some really crappy situations. I’m lucky to be where I’m at. It’s only through Gods grace that I’m able to be in the position that I’m in

Leonard

on 03/05/2023 at 01:04 PM

@Tommy, you encouraging word and the prayers you have made on behalf of the other men on this app leads me to believe you are that Great Man of God that God promised your mom. Keep serving and honoring God!

joe meyers

on 03/05/2023 at 11:56 AM

“Every minute, every moment……there was Jesus.” (Z. Williams).

Tommy Williamson

on 03/05/2023 at 11:25 AM

God is so interwoven in my life that is hard to see where did not have a part in it. Even back in 1954 when I was conceived God had a part in life. Mom sensing that she was pregnant at the age of 39 with her sixth went to the doctor who told her that she wasn’t pregnant but that she must have a tumor and wanted to take X-rays. At that point mom said no this is not a tumor but it is a male child which God told me would be a great man of God. Just over a month after I was born in August mom turn 40 and dad turned 48. Dad didn’t want mom drinking milk or eating as healthy as she felt she needed because he felt the other kids needed the calcium and other nutrients more even though she was expecting. I have often felt that this helped lead to a lot of the medical issues I have felt in life. Most of the time I feel that I have let God down and never became the “great man of God” that He told mom I would be. Even through all my blunders and failures I know that He still lives me.

64/365: Finding God On Your Path

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