They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the
Rock and water gushed out.
ISAIAH 48 : 21
YOU ARE ON YOURWAY to a friends house when you're confronted with a large sign that reads DETOUR. It's a bkinking yellow sign with new paint.
You have three possible responses. The first is rebellion, refusing to accept the somber warning and deciding to drive ahead anyway. You can shift your car into low gear, rev up your engine and crash through the detour sign. If however, there is danger of which you are unaware, to push through the detour sign would be stupid and foolish
Or you can be passively resigned. You may take the detour and avoid the disaster, yet gripe and complain. This, however, increases annoyance not proportional to the discomfort.
Then there's resting in the Lord. George Muller put this way: "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and so are the stop!" Incidentally, that is what happened to David. After he was anointed to be king , he spent seven long year living in fugitive. Many of the psalm he wrote during those years speak of God as his refuge, his strength and his help. The issue is not whether you will face detours in your life but how you will handle them. Wise is the person who learns and accept the fact that the detour is the path. That's when you acknowledge that whatever happens, the sovereign God is fully in control.
he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the
Rock and water gushed out.
ISAIAH 48 : 21
YOU ARE ON YOURWAY to a friends house when you're confronted with a large sign that reads DETOUR. It's a bkinking yellow sign with new paint.
You have three possible responses. The first is rebellion, refusing to accept the somber warning and deciding to drive ahead anyway. You can shift your car into low gear, rev up your engine and crash through the detour sign. If however, there is danger of which you are unaware, to push through the detour sign would be stupid and foolish
Or you can be passively resigned. You may take the detour and avoid the disaster, yet gripe and complain. This, however, increases annoyance not proportional to the discomfort.
Then there's resting in the Lord. George Muller put this way: "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and so are the stop!" Incidentally, that is what happened to David. After he was anointed to be king , he spent seven long year living in fugitive. Many of the psalm he wrote during those years speak of God as his refuge, his strength and his help. The issue is not whether you will face detours in your life but how you will handle them. Wise is the person who learns and accept the fact that the detour is the path. That's when you acknowledge that whatever happens, the sovereign God is fully in control.
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