Where Am I Going?

The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
    He delights in every detail of their lives.

Psalm 37:23 

 

 I don't know about you, but I'm one of those people who likes to know where I am going, how long it will take me to get there, what I am supposed to do when I do arrive, and how long will I be there.  This trait applies to pretty much every journey I take.  Now, having said that, God has been, and continues to, teach me that His plans for me include journeys I could never have imagined and I need to not be so OCD about them, because He is the one in charge...not me.

 

For most of my life, my spiritual journey has been more like a stubborn mule carrying a blind man to market.  "I'm going to go where I want to go and that is that!" And I'll be honest, God is extremely patient.  He let me wander where I was determined to go for most of my life, and let me screw up, mess up, bungle, muss, fuss, cuss until I reached the point where I was willing to listen.  I won't say my journey now has become a smooth glide along the puffy clouds.  I still have lots of moments where I question God's wisdom for some of the places He takes me, but I'm learning that God's plan is a lot better than anything I could have planned.

 

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." - Douglas Adams.  Think about that.  Where I intended to go wasn't where I needed to be, but God brought me where I was needed.  And I can't imagine being anywhere else.