Decisions!
What do I do?
Where shall I go?
How will it work out?
If I do this what are the consequences?
Will I still be in control with this decision?
Will this cost me?
What? Where? Why? When? How?
JEREMIAH 10
Facing a looming exile into Babylon Jeremiah prays, “it is not for man to direct his steps,” v23.
Are you making a decision today? You may be facing insurmountable challenges. His prayer encourages us to trust God to make the way clear for us to overcome these challenges.
Thomas Merton, priest and theologian, wrote what became known as “the Merton Prayer”. Pray this prayer today.
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Missions Paul 