Where are our steps taking us, who’s directing our lives?
Jewish people will not speak out the Name of Yahweh, it’s so Holy to them. During the past weekend I had the thought that in English “YAHWEH” rhymes with ‘YOUR WAY’.
God’s Word has much to say to us about ‘our steps’ and who is directing them, notably in Proverbs.
A man’s(and woman’s)steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way? Prov 20:24
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. Prov 16:29
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Prov 19:21
Another verse, this time from the prophet Jeremiah;
I know, O Lord, that a man’s life is not his own; it is not for a man to direct his steps. Correct me, Lord, but only with justice – not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing. Jer 10:23,24
When we look at Scripture there are many lives which were directed by God for His plans and purposes;
Joseph didn’t want to be sold into slavery or imprisonment but God used him to rescue his whole family.
Moses didn’t want to spend forty years in the desert, but God used him to deliver Israel from slavery.
David didn’t want to be chased by Saul, ‘only a step from death’, but God used him to capture Jerusalem and deliver his own people from their enemies.
Finally, even the Lord hesitated at the thought of the cross, but submitted to the Father’s will(Yahweh) to redeem mankind.
Will we submit to God’s plans for our lives today, His higher purposes for us, or will we resist and seek to keep control ourselves?
We should understand that God will ultimately prevail;
The Lord foils the plans of the nations; He thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm for ever, the purposes of His heart through all generations. Psalm 33:10,11
We will need God to be ‘directing our steps’ in the days that lie ahead. Please take some time to contemplate these verses and give our lives afresh into His hands today.
Yes Yahweh(Most High God), YOUR WAY for our lives.