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Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

I have promised that I will keep Your Law.

And I will add strength to this promise.

Psalm 119:105-106

We can thank God for the grace and mercy that He provides for our lives. The Holy Spirit is able to provide strength, peace and joy along our journey. The next steps forward can be unsure and even difficult. It requires us to put our trust squarely in His hands. He empowers our journey with guidance and the ability to thrive where He is leading us. Listening closely for the directions, watching for the signs and seeking the confirmations that the path is ahead will help to assure that He is directing our path. We can be assured that He will send us in a direction that is consistent with His word, that will lead us toward Holy living and that will help us to achieve His purpose for our lives.

The way forward is through Him with our faith and trust to move where He is leading.

I love the Lord, because he hears me;  

He listens to my prayers.

He listens to me every time I call to Him.

Psalm 116:1 -2

Our Heavenly Father hears our prayers.  When we seek to talk to God, we can be assured that He is listening.  Whatever we are experiencing, we can approach Him with thanksgiving in our hearts and share the concerns for our lives and for others. We can seek His forgiveness when we have sinned and come short of His expectations of us.  He is Faithful and just to forgive us when we ask God for forgiveness and turn from our mistakes.  God is faithful to guide our steps when we don’t know what to do next.  His Holy Spirit is able to provide peace that goes beyond understanding when we need Him to hold our hearts and minds together.  Whatever is on our hearts today, go to the Lord in prayer.  As His children, He hears us.

One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.  Luke 18:1

“You keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” Isaiah 26:3-4

Faith is the evidence of things not seen. This calls us to imagine our situation in a blessed condition even when things may appear to be so far from our prayer. We have to continue to say, act and move forward according to God’s promises – even when the bank balance is low, the doctors report is negative or other disappointments may come our way. Even when we don’t understand, we have to have faith and trust that He is working it out for our good. Our faithful Father is working on our behalf and He promises to be with us every step of the way. Our Trust is in the Lord.

Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him.
Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way
when he carries out his schemes.  Psalm 37:7 GW

I’m learning patience is truly a virtue while awaiting an answered prayer. I think it is fair to say that the meantime presents a challenge for most of us. Even though we worry and feel anxious, we learn that these are only unproductive emotions. We know in our hearts that our God is control and that we must continue to put our faith in Him.   We even know that God’s timing is best.  But ultimately we must release the situation squarely in God’s hands.  There we can rest in faith, with peace in our hearts and with praises on our lips that He is well able to meet our need and even the desires of our heart.

Be still in the presence of the LORD, 
and wait patiently for him to act. 
Don’t worry about evil people who prosper 
or fret about their wicked schemes.  Psalm 37:7 NLT