Side Roads September 9th Devotional

Read:

Proverbs 4:26

26 Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established.

One day I was walking my two kids down some trails behind our house. We have a large amount of woods, and my kids love to take walks with the dog. We walked about twenty minutes, and when we got to the other side we ended up at a house just a few houses from our house. I told my kids to turn around and lets go back down the trail we came from because it was getting dark. On the way, my little boy tripped over some branches, lost his shoe, and got stuck with some thorns. My little girl was tripping over some branches as well. As we got down the trail a little ways, my little boy looked up at me with those big brown eyes and said, " I love you so much daddy!" My heart just melted, and in return I told him that I love him also very much. Immediately I began to think about how we as Christians take detours and it takes much longer to get to a certain place that God wants for us. It may be a character growth in our walk, placement in the body of Christ, or sin in our life that needs to be dealt with by the Holy Spirit. How many times does Daddy God have to take us by the hand and walk us down that same path time after time? Many times it is our own will wanting to take control, and our own will will cause thorns, unnecessary trips along the way, and heartaches. I want to encourage you today to walk down the road with God, and guard your heart as you walk with Him. There are trials of thorns, trips etc. that happens in our walk with Him, but the unnecessary pains can cause such a delay in the destination God has got for us here on earth. Many times we find ourselves getting tired and weary, and we find it got so dark down that long trail. We can't find our way back down that road God paved for us because we paved other roads on our own. The enemy wants to steal that word from our soul down those side roads. He wants us to walk down that same trail over and over again tripping over branches of life not bearing fruit for the Lord. I also want to encourage you today to realize that God still loves us even when we are on a detour. He loves us so much that He gave His life for us on the cross. Look up to Daddy God today and tell Him you love Him. I know you'll hear His voice speak back to you if you will just open your heart to Him.

Prayer:

Lord, we ask that you will hold our hand in the middle of those detours that we might walk down. Help us to listen to your direction by crucifying our own will. We ask Lord that you will give us a revelation of who you really are

by Keith Edwards