“Dear Children, do not let anyone lead you astray.” I John 3:7
What an awesome admonition!
Too often we allow the influences in our lives to cloud the direction we know that we should be headed. Other paths become ‘prettier’, or more ‘interesting’, or that’s where our ‘friends’ are. It is so easy to get sidetracked.
It is hard to watch as others walk down their path of life, without screaming and crying, when you see them turn down what you perceive as the wrong road for their life. It’s hard to know whether it is the path their life MUST take to get them to where God has destined them to be or if the Enemy of their soul is leading them astray.
Maybe the detours we see our life take or the detour that others’ take are God’s way of getting us into position for greatness. Take Joseph…had he not been a little braggadocios snot to his brothers they wouldn’t have felt the need to get rid of the punk. How else would he have ever gotten on the path to being 2nd in command of
Can we live as faithfully given those circumstances? Could those influences (hateful family members, sexual temptation, being lied about and/or unjustly imprisoned) make us choose a path away from God and His purpose for our life?
No doubt the people in our life have impact. We also have impact on the lives around us. Are you leading or are you being led?
3 comments:
To me, it is always a scary, yet important question to ask in every relationship - leader or being led. There is definitely a place for both, but discerning the where and when, the who and how that is important.
Hey Sis Rankin!!! I sure miss you!!!!!!!!! Hopefully our paths will cross one day soon!
Great post!!!
Love you,
Yvette
I like it. but you knew i did. lol
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