Willing follower!
Verse for Today: Thursday, September 19, 2013
Psalms 73:24 – You
guide me with Your counsel, and afterwards You will take me into glory.
A sojourner needs
wise and accurate counsel to stay on track in the right direction. When we tread
through the wilderness of this world, we have to fight self will, worldly
distractions and wrong perceptions about our walk and direction. But we must
resist all these temptations to follow Jesus who called us. We are on this
pathway because of His benevolence and not because of our merits or wisdom. As
we seek His face, He guides us with His eyes and leads us in the path of
righteousness. He is full of wise counsel and knows the pathway that is best
for us to tread. His way for us is the way of the cross that He trod. It is a
way of ridicule, despising, mockery and persecution. It is a way which exposes
us to the heat and wind of life. It is a way which challenges us to give our
best time, treasures, training and talents to the Master for Him to use it for
His glory as we walk with Him. There are negative forces which try to pull us
back or sidetrack. But our Master is with us every step of the way to lead and
guide us. He gives us His counsel to know the way and chose every step. His
wise counsel comes to us through His Word which is lamp unto our steps and
light unto our path. His Counselor, the Holy Spirit, who lives in our hearts,
speaks to us through His still, soft voice to lead, guide, warn, correct and
encourage us in our walk. But we will hear His voice only if we do not quench
His power in our lives. Let us today confess all our past disobedience and
surrender our will so that we will be able to hear His voice and walk
accordingly.
Dear friend, are you
battered with confusing counsel from various forces around you? Are you
challenged by the seemingly wise distractions and pseudo attractions which try
to pull you to the sidelines and slow you down in your pathway? Is your walk
frustrating and apprehensive? At times, do you feel that you have lost the way
and have gone on detours? Are these experiences making you depressed like Jacob
when the storms of life beat against his life? But all the while, your Lord and
Master is walking by you and He wants to hold your hands to take you to the
right direction. He has the right counsel for you to keep track of His ways.
His heavenly light is available for you day and night through His Word and His
Spirit. His Word is full of the best counsel for you to heed to. His Spirit
speaks to you at each step of the way to either warn you or to confirm you
steps. But remember, the Lord will not impose it on you, but will only show you
the way. You must make the right decision and chose the right pathway. All
heavenly resources are made available for you to make the right choice. If you
are living by grieving and quenching the Spirit, it would be difficult for you
to listen to His voice. If your ears are tuned to the false voices of the
Vanity Fair of this world, it would be well nigh impossible to hear the voice
of the Lord. If you follow His voice, He will take you forward and when the
journey is over, take you Home to be with Him forever. Today you are challenged
to give Him your ears so that you would hear His voice and walk accordingly.
Psalms 32:8 – I
will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you
and watch over you.
Thought for Today
Only a willing and
surrendered listener is able to take advantage of wise counsel from God.
Prayer for Today
Dear Lord Jesus:
Help me to renew my commitment, obedience and surrender to You today to heed to
Your wise counsel and walk after You. Amen!
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