Gwen From Wichita, KS ----- Original Message ----- From: "TruthMedia Mens Devotional" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:40 AM Subject: Mens Email Devotional - Saturday November 01, 2008
: : : THE PATHWAY OF FAITH : : : ** Heard from God lately? Why not try our free interactive online Bible study, "Listening to God"? : : : : "Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran" Genesis 12:1-4 : : Many people miss God's purpose for their life because they are waiting for details about what He has in mind. But nowhere does Scripture say that God is required to spell out His plan. If He does have something for us to do, His only obligation is to show us how and to enable us to accomplish it. : : If we do not know the particulars, our walk with the Lord can seem perplexing. Abram (who was later known as Abraham) must have felt that way. When God told him to pack up and head to a place he'd never been before, the would-be patriarch probably wondered, Lord, why can't You just bless me here in Haran? But God had something greater in mind than Abram could envision. : : Feelings, sight, and human reasoning can be terrible enemies to our walk of faith. So that we might demonstrate faith and rely upon Him, God sometimes calls us to a place where emotions, physical vision and logic are of no help. The Lord wants us, as believers in Jesus Christ, to lay down our own ways of figuring things out and to trust Him instead. That may sound irrational in human terms, but it is completely reasonable in the infinite mind of complete knowledge and wisdom. : : Whenever you are tempted to prefer your own logical solution, remember that God is watching from a vantage point of omniscience. (Isaiah 55:8-9) Like Abram, choose to follow the Lord's instructions. (Genesis 12:4) A step of obedience may feel like blind faith, but you can fully trust the One who sees all. : : Questions: Have you wondered about what God's plan for your life is? Have you been waiting for hear specific directions from God rather than going ahead and doing what you know to be good and pleasing to Him? : : About this Author: Charles Stanley : : : Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who are reading today's devotional. Visit http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalformen/2008/11/01/the-pathway-of-faith-2/#comments : : Copyright : This devotional is protected by copyright laws and may not be reprinted or posted to a site without permission from TruthMedia Internet Group. All readers are welcome to forward the devotional to a friend or link to it. If you would like to seek permission to reprint the devotional in full, please see our guidelines: http://tmdevotionals.com/men/reprint-permission/ : : : : ----------End of Newsletter Text---------- : You are currently subscribed to the TruthMedia Daily Men's Devotional as [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://www.tmdevotionals.com/unsubscribe and fill in the required information. : : Feel free to forward this devotional to a friend. If you received it from a friend and would like to subscribe, visit http://www.tmdevotionals.com/subscribe and fill in the required information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1759 - Release Date: 10/31/2008 4:10 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
