The Path You are On

Good morning! I hope you have hit the pavement running this morning.

Over the last few weeks the Willis household has become a flurry of activity as we prepare for Christopher’s upcoming graduation from high school and entrance into college. Christopher has been accepted into the NROTC program, his dream for several years now, and is supposed to report to school the first week of June.

As part of our preparations for Christopher’s graduation we have been going through our family photos, choosing highlights for a movie that gives his friends and family a trip through his life. Looking at these photos reminds me of the care in which God directs us in our pathway of life.

Psalm 25:4 (NLT)
Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord; point out the right road for me to follow.

My professional work has taken our family to a wide variety of places throughout Christopher’s lifetime. We have lived in major metropolitan areas and rural farming communities. We have experienced natural disasters and personal tragedies. At the time many of these things didn’t make much sense. Often we questioned, “why us?”

Looking back the Lord’s hand of direction becomes very evident. Each event, each step fit perfectly into the next steps on the journey. The building blocks of character and experience were being developed along the way. As I see the man Christopher is becoming and the doorways that God has opened to him, I see that this wide range of experience will serve him well.

Sometimes we question the appropriateness of the path we find ourselves on, but we need to realize that God has already determined the steps that will follow. The steps we don’t see today are the very things we are being prepared for.

Today if you find yourself unsure of the path you are on, realize that the Lord has not abandoned you, but is instead using these experiences to mold and shape you. Ask Him to give you a teachable spirit and eagerly absorb the experience and life lessons that come your way. At some point you will look back on the path and see how it all came together in ways that you never could have imagined.

Until next Monday, may God’s richest blessings be yours this week.

Carl