The Phone Call

Your phone rings and you are given the news.  It can be any news, just news that you were not expecting to hear.  "We found something in your test, the doctor wants to see you."  "I'm sorry, but you will be laid off from work until further notice."  

What is our first reaction to unexpected news?  We jump to conclusions and try to get ahead of God.  Immediately we start making plans in our heads of what to do next, maybe we sink into the pit of despair.

When we respond to life's uncertainties in that way, we are removing control from the hands of God, and placing them into our own hands.  And do you know what?  We may feel like we are in control, but we really aren't.

One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Exodus 23:20.  It says, "Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared."

To remain in the center of God's Will for my life, I must allow God to lead me into the place that He has prepared for ME.

Oswald Chambers once said, "Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves the One Who is leading."

"I am truly grateful that faith enables me to move past the questions of 'why?'"  Zig Ziglar

And John Maxwell, "There are a lot of things in life that are difficult to understand.  Faith allows the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see."  

I received a call, and I am choosing to remain in the Shadow of my leading Angel, the Lord Jesus Christ, to lead me into the place that He has prepared for me.

But that's just me!