Tuesday, January 10, 2012


Excerpts from Streams in the Desert January 10:

It is interesting to study the way God extended His guidance to the early messengers of the Cross.  It consisted mainly in prohibiting their movement when they attempted to take a course other than the right one.  When they wanted to turn to the left, toward Asia, He stopped them.  When they sought to turn to the right, toward Bithynia in Asia Minor, He stopped them again.  In his later years, Paul would do some of his greatest work in that very region, yet now the Holy Spirit closed the door before him. 

Beloved, whenever you are in doubt as to which way to turn, submit your judgment absolutely to the Spirit of God, asking Him to shut every door but the right one.  Say to Him, “Blessed Spirit, I give to You the entire responsibility of closing every road and stopping every step that is not of God.  Let me hear Your voice behind me whenever I ‘turn aside to the right or to the left’ (Deut. 5:32)

In the meantime, continue along the path you have already been traveling.  Persist in your calling until you are clearly told to do something else.  O traveler, the Spirit of Jesus is waiting to be to you what He was to Paul.  Just be careful to obey even His smallest nudging or warning.  Then after you have prayed the prayer of faith and there are no apparent hindrances, go forward with a confident heart.  Do not be surprised if your answer comes in doors closing before you. 

(mine)  But in those closed doors the path of God opens before you.  His will in His time and His promises, these are what we must cling to.  We have to let go of our preconceived ideas of what we think we should be doing and when.  We need to live each moment as it comes and cherish our time with family and friends.  That is what I’m trying to remember and live.
Hopefully you won’t have to go through cancer to get to this point in your life.


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