The Path

We have been told many times that God's thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways are not our ways—this is difficult to understand. Take a quote like Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."  We would all rather follow the path that more footsteps have been on, the one that looks a little easier, than the path that is less traveled.

However, God wants us to know that His ways are higher than our ways and He will lead us to places that we can hardly dream of, if we are willing to go to places that He is leading us to, regardless of if the path is heavily or less traveled on. 

Sometimes work, friends, family, life, health, school, church, and finances, cloud our perception of the path that God has us on and we tend to create a disturbance in the flow of our lives and we get a little nettled. And then we begin to wonder what kind of plan God has and if in fact we need to work harder to be in the place that we perceive as the ideal for our lives.  We cannot always understand what God is doing, but we can trust that what He is doing will be the best for us.

We tend to complicate even the most natural and simple things in life and then become resistance to the flow of God as He leads us, we feel that we must be the ones to forge through the path that He is leading us on, unaware of life and ultimately cut ourselves off from truly embracing and enjoying life.

If we take a look at Isaiah 55:10 we see what happens when the rain and snow fall to the ground. As it melts away from the earth it waters the plants of the earth and leaves things in bloom, in their natural state. This is what takes place when we do not disrupt the course of action that God has established for us to live in freedom and in the flow of the path He is leading us on. 

There will never be anyone who can teach us God's plan for our life better than God, our dreams, aspirations, and goals can all be found in resting in Him and trusting that the path He is leading us on will allow us to flow and bloom like flowers after a fresh rain. God knows what your next step should be...  so just keep walking and enjoy the journey along the way. 

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.  As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.  As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth:  It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:8-11