GOD PONDERS

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths. 

—Proverbs 5:21

Wherever I am and whatever is happening to me right now, I am not alone. 

God sees me on the road I am walking today. He sees the steps I may need to take in the next few hours to get through a hard place. 

This proverb tells us, "a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths." 

This means God not only watches the winding of my road every day, He is also *thinking about every step and everything I must step over. WOW!  

God is *considering my next fork in the road, too—the good choices that lie ahead and the dismal, kick myself, misery-inducing ones.  (Like missing my court date and getting my privilege to drive taken away for a month!) 

When He “ponders,” my Father in heaven is reflecting on what I am going to decide. Even though He has known every detail of my life from eternity past, He is still meditating upon it as it plays out. What I say, as true for me, is true for you and THAT ought to blow our minds!!! 

"He [God] knows the way that I [you] take" (Job 23:10).

He wants me to succeed in the testing I am experiencing. [this includes character testing too people-responsibility, anger & frustration, self control, discipline, etc] 

Considering His great love for me, do I honestly think He would let me go through more than His grace can help me handle? No! 

He won’t let a hard season [of ignorance] knock me off the path of my  highest usefulness to His kingdom.  And He wants to help me make sure I don’t drive myself off that high road. He can do this because He sees it all. [Glory!]

God is near to you when your heart is broken, and saves you when your spirit is crushed (Psalm 34:18). 

God draws close to me during a hardship unlike any other time in my life. Maybe that is why the desperate times of need come. They might be the very moments God is seeking to engineer—times of turning to Him as never before. Are you drawing near to Him?

When I'm in moments of desperation and despair and I don’t know how to pray, God even knows that. 

Romans 8 tells me God’s Spirit prays for me when I don’t have words.  Like me, just start praying and sharing your heart. Thank God for knowing the way you take and thinking about every step in your life long before you take it. 

He is pondering—about you!

Lord, I admit I often move through distances in my days without giving serious thought to Your awareness of me and Your presence. Thank You for remaining engaged even when I’m not paying attention! Remind me not to take steps without acknowledging You. Teach me to trust You in all my ways and know that Your  will is the best direction, the best path.

In Yeshua's All Knowing Life Saving Name, Amen. 

*Pumpkin Spice Latte to Go! 

Robbs