Our Joyful Destiny

            Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Fill your life with the JOY of the Lord and walk forward into a glorious destiny that God has prepared for you.

            Are you boldly running forward into the future?  Or are you hesitant to make choices, worried that you will make the wrong ones?  If we rely on our own wisdom and knowledge, we are handicapped! We don’t always know what is best.  But no one is more qualified to gives us direction and guidance than God.  And He desires to lead us along the right paths.

            Proverbs 4:10-12 says:

¹⁰ Listen, my son, accept what I say,
    and the years of your life will be many. ¹¹ I instruct you in the way of wisdom
    and lead you along straight paths. ¹² When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
    when you run, you will not stumble.

            As I pondered those verses, I thought of the many times I have stumbled.  Was it because I took my eyes off of Jesus and relied on my own strength?  Wisdom comes from learning from our mistakes and listening to God as He directs and often REdirects our path.  He desires to guard us and guide us every step we take…but we have to allow Him to do that!

            We will find our joyful destiny when we do as Prov. 3:5-6 says: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.”