Confusion, dressed as direction
Poses like an expert, parading
Making discretion seem a ruse:
Beware! Before you run or hide
Take time to seek until you find
The unfailing Guide. Test
Until you can tell truth from scam.
Follow your heart, not the crowd.
Though times appear harder, darker
The road, more precarious: don’t stop!
Don’t step out without your Guide
He knows the route you’re called to walk
He knows the way to your goal.
Faith, not philosophies or sacrifices
Preserve the willing and obedient
And however a day appears
Trust not in times, follow no appearances:.
Follow your God, your Guide, your Guard.

Food for Thought: We all want to be in charge of our affairs. Though some of us are great at following while others are control freaks who find nothing as unsettling as turning in the rein of their affairs to someone else. We all have this inherent longing to steer the boats of our lives to desired shores – and there is nothing wrong with that. However, when you consider that the time we live in is shifty, despite the predictions of experts who have been known to fail, there is only one expert Guide whose accuracy is indisputable. In these perilous times, no other deserves our absolute trust. Let God who made all that was and is and is to come, your desired destination inclusive, be the GPS that you follow this year. Make it a target to seek Him, to know Him, and to follow Him every step of the way. History reveals that those who chose to follow God never missed it – that says it enough for us and for these present times.

Scripture: I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalm 32: 8.

Prayer: Dear Lord, I have no reason to dispute Your ways or doubt Your guidance: I want to walk every step with You, I want to be more like You, and at the end of my pilgrimage on earth, I want to return Home victorious: guide me O God! Amen.