Sometimes Even Bushwhacking

 

And your ears shall hear

   a word behind you, saying,

"This is the way,

           walk in it,"

when you turn to the right

or when you turn to the left.

                Isaiah 30.21

(God directs us.

God guides and provides.

But are we listening?

Are we aware of

     His way in this?

Listening for His voice,

listening to His voice,

and responding

             to His nudges

when it doesn't seem to matter

  that we may be prepared,

sensitive, awake, quick to trust,

               when it really does.

Have I even considered

  laying this situation before Him?

Have I even considered

  His way in this?

Not always the obvious path,

sometimes even bushwhacking,

but God directs our steps

   when we follow Him.)

O LORD,

Help us to not just hear Your voice,

but listen, trust

         and respond.

Guide us into our day.

Guide us in Your way.

Direct our steps

     even in the unexpected

and what we can't understand.

Keep us from being distracted

  from where You are taking us

  and on this path today.