In order to get to a place called Laity Lodge in Texas you have to drive into a riverbed. The road takes you down a steep, rocky hill into a canyon and straight into the water. There is a sign at the water's edge which says, "Yes. You drive in the river."
One who has made up his mind to go to the uttermost with God will come to a place as unexpected and perhaps looking as impossible to travel as that riverbed looks. He may glance around for an alternative route, but if he wants what God promises His faithful ones, he must go straight into the danger. There is no other way.
The written word is our direction. Trust it. Obey it. Drive in the river and get to Laity Lodge. Moses said to Israel, "I offer you the choice of life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life and then you and your descendants will live; love the Lord your God, obey him, and hold fast to him: that is life for you."
When you take the risk of obedience, you find solid rock beneath you--and markers, evidence that someone has traveled this route before. "The Lord your God will cross over at your head... he will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not be discouraged or afraid" (Deuteronomy 30:19, 20; 31:3, 8, NEB). It's what the old gospel song puts so simply:
"Trust and obey, for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.
--John H. Sammis”
This devotional by Elizabeth Elliot (source - Keep a Quiet Heart) has been so encouraging to me right now! It is true that the Bible is our written directions for any situation that we are facing right now!!! I pray that you are encouraged as well today!!! Happy Sabbath to you all!!!
AMEN!!! Me too - GOD WILL BE THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY - LEADING US!
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Needed this today! :) And can I say "Amiina!",or amen! Sometimes the very thing God is asking you to do looks as if you'll perish doing it, or at least as if you won't make it out without major scrapes, but He alone forged this path for you and knows the way your feet should go. I have to keep trusting Him and by having that trust continue to obey His leading anywhere He says to walk. I hope all is well your way. Remembering you in my prayers,
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