We've all had this experience at some point in our lives: We are in an area that we are not familiar with; an area where if left to our own devices, we would get completely and thoroughly lost. As you know if you have ever experienced it, it is a frightening feeling to not know where you are or where you need to go.
What a relief it is when we are with someone who is familiar with the area! We don't worry when we are following someone who knows the way, because we have confidence that they will lead us to the right place.
The last time this happened to me, I was in Texas in a small town I had never been to before. I needed to find a Radio Shack store to buy an adapter we needed for the evening's live broadcast. As my luck would have it, the person who was telling me how to get to the Radio Shack store was the only person in all of Texas who talked fast with no hint of a drawl. This guy talked about 500 words a minute with gusts up to 650! As he rattled off the directions at a speed that would make an auctioneer proud, one of the locals standing there must have noticed my "deer in the headlights" expression.
"Don't worry. It's on my way home," he said to my great relief. "Just follow me and I'll lead you there."
I drove through the streets of that city without fear, because I was being led by someone who knew the way. I was careful to keep my eyes on him, because I knew if I didn't, I would lose my way.
So it is with following Jesus. I can go through life with the calm assurance that He knows the way and that He is leading me. And I will be careful to keep my eyes on Him so I won't lose my way.
He Leadeth me! He Leadeth me! By His own hand He Leadeth me!
He faithful follower I would be, for by His hand He Leadeth me!
Good day to you, young Man of honorable integrity, with an Italian stallion stew mix, of King Arther sized faith, enduring Thomas Edison belief, Indian Jones tenaciousness of spirit, a Mozart ability to resourcefully compose, and oh, a Vincent Von Gogh creativeness in illustration! With as well, a life flowing daily producing of gifts within you! Give all of you, all your growing ideas, all your living passions, all your hidden yet growing talents, and grand canyon sized rivers of flowing creative compositions. And you will find, what is known already, of the ocean sized bounty, and galaxy reaching capacity of character within you! As your purpose flows from within you to reveal what can be, and therefore is, as the energy within a Man stands! And then is applied through his purpose and is funneled through his destiny...Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; put it this way.... "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." ..German poet and dramatist.(1749-1832) ..... You, my friend, were created with flowing rivers of life within you, call forth the King in you to arise, like the sun of new day, and You will see in earth, the desires that resonate from within the deepest places of your heart...Thank you for being you, today.
Posted by: Robert Foster | Thursday, April 03, 2008 at 10:40 AM