April 18th Devotional

Devotional Scripture:

Philippians 1:6

6 He who begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ

It's cold and lonely and you get lost in a snow storm losing your way. It's been about two days, yet you don't know for sure how long it's been since you have wandered away from your car. Then after a long ordeal of discouragement you come across a trail that you recognize and look up and to your surprise you see your car sitting there about a hundred yards from where you are standing. How many times do we get off track from the destiny trail that god has got f0r us here on earth and we find ourselves wandering around in pain and misery. You have a dream and it seems like one door after another slams in your face time and time again. Sometimes we pave our own path and impatiently try to fulfill a dream or even our calling that God may have for us, and remember that just because you may be in a rough place at times on your way down the right path that God has got for you doesn't mean that God can't use you right where you are at. God does deal with us in that self-made path that we put yourself in from maybe some wrong choices or impatience, whether it is a job situation, ministry position, or any other place we don't want to be in. We can learn from Jonah to prove it. God's got a plan for all of us, and as long as we keep our eyes on Him we will get back on the right path and continue to walk with Him. As our daily devotion, worship, and prayer life increases so shall the destiny and gifts that God has got for us begin to unfold right before us, yet it is a choice everyday to walk in the spirit. If you have gotten off course it's not too late for you. You may stumble along a wrong path for a while and can't seem to find your way, but God is right there to help you. You have to fix your eyes upon the very thing that will get you back on track. Sometimes we get to a place where we want to give up completely and all of the sudden we look up! and there is Jesus standing there holding our hand, guiding us, directing us, and loving us right back down that path we need to walk down. Philippians 1:6 says that He who begun a good work in you will be faithful to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. We have to trust in the fact that God is able to open doors, step across boundaries in certain situations to fulfill our earthly destiny.

prayer
Lord we come to you today and ask that we will keep our eyes on the road that you have paved for us. Give us direction Lord to walk in the way that you desire for us. Forgive us if we have gone our own way as a child will do at times, and give us revelation of why we are here in the first place. We surrender our whole life to you in Jesus name we pray, amen.
by Keith Edwards


Please view this video after reading this devotional and think upon how you are God's chosen child as you walk down that road He has for you, and just remember that when you are at that crossroad in your life you can let God guide you back to that place in Him. He can calm the storm in you and you can call out to Him now.