Psalm 25:4-5 Show
me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me:
for You are the God of my salvation; on You do I wait all day.
What do you do when you don’t know what to do? When life
comes crashing down around you, pelting you with heartache, disappointment,
pain, and confusion, where do you go, to whom do you turn?
Almost everyone you know will have an opinion about how you
should feel or what you should think and how you proceed. Opinions are like
bellybuttons, every one of us has one. Some gather more dust than others but
largely, they play little role in an adult life. Let others worry about their
own bellybuttons.
For me, I’ve come to know that when I do not know what to do
next, the only wise thing is not to do anything. Jerk-knee reactions are
born out of fear and highly charged emotions. So I wait. I wait for my God to
give me direction and intent of purpose. I’ve already confessed confusion, and
confusion is not of God, so why make decisions when it is obvious my state is
not from God?
I know and believe my steps are ordered by God, so any
sudden moves off the path He has me on would be foolhardy. I will stay the
course of His planning until He changes that course. I will wait for the wisdom and guidance I know he will send me. I will stand on the
knowledge of His love and purpose for my life. I will wait on the Lord and not
be swayed by bellybuttons.
James 3:17 (HGSB) But the wisdom from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruit, unwavering,
without hypocrisy.
That is the wisdom for which I wait. I know God has my best
interest at heart above anything we can comprehend. His ways are higher than our
ways and we cannot always understand or know His reasons. But this I do know, “…on You do I wait all day.”
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