Watch Your Step

So, this is kind of interesting. There's a decision under consideration by my wife and I that happens to be the same decision being worked out  by some friends of mine, technically, in 4 other households to specific.

As I prayed yesterday regarding this circumstance, as each of us are needing direction, I found myself praying that God would show us the path He has for us, and "gently put us back on it, when we happen to miss a step."

For whatever reason, I immediately recalled, what has transpired in many an action movie, but particularly, Indiana Jones... where he's walking the path, and a misstep results in a sword shooting out, or a boulder rolling in front of him, or any other obstacle meant to immediately destroy the one trying to traverse the path.

And so it feels, in real life. One wrong decision. One bad turn. One second guess. It doesn't take much, and we can find ourselves in serious trouble, simply from trying to navigate this life while facing challenging situations and difficult circumstances.

Pastors, receive no special exemptions. In the church. In the home. Whether it affects the congregation or the family, any one of us have specific points in time where we look book and recognize, that certainly we should have, could have and probably needed to make a different decision compared to the one that we actually made. And while the decisions may not be matters of life and death or serious bodily harm as Harrison Ford overcomes on the big screen, that doesn't make them any less important. Worthy of covering in prayer. Substantial enough that we shouldn't' try to sort it out without seeking the face of God and trusting Him to illuminate the way.

Pray, this #associatePastorTuesday, for the challenges and decisions facing pastors. Whether figuring out what's best for the family at home, or the family of God, may they seek the face of God. May they do it first. Pray, the strength to resist the temptation to lean on human understanding and reasoning. May their faith be fortified as plans are discussed, even when their is a leading and a prompting to move in ways that don't make sense. May they trust in God's plan and purpose, as they pray for God to light the way and make the path clear.... that obstacles designed to take them out would pass; that they would safely cross over, to the where and what God has in store for them.

For the glory of God, we pray to these things. In the name of Jesus Christ.

- PNC

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