Deja Vu

"The LORD says, 'I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.

     I will advise you and watch over you.
Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
     that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.

Many sorrows come to the wicked,
     but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the LORD.
So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him!
     Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!"


Psalm 32:8, 10–11

Deja Vu!

Yep.  I'm blogging about the same passage that I have already blogged about just recently.  You see, this is the second time in TWO weeks that the very same passage has appeared in my morning devotions - each time from completely unrelated devotional sources. 

Thought I was having a spiritual deja vu!

But as I read and studied this passage for the second time in two weeks, God showed me something completely DIFFERENT than He had shown me previously.  I love how He reveals only what you need to know or understand at the moment.  I love how He dishes out the spritual truths in bite size morsels that we finite beings can spiritually digest. 

And that is where I stand this morning, in awe that a passage I just recently studied would give me fresh, new insight that I was blinded to only a couple of weeks earlier. 

But this new revelation and understanding, was once again, in God's perfect timing.  When I last studied this passage, it was the day after my Nana passed away.  I was at a completely different place in my life then with a totally different focus. But a lot has happened in these last two weeks. My heart was prepared for the next treasure of truth from this same passage. 

So what did He reveal to me today that was new in this passage?  That His promise of a better pathway to life is for those who yield to His wisdom and advice - especially in difficult, hopeless situations.  You see, I tend to want to fix things my way, especially when God doesn't move fast enough to suit me.  But I've learned the hard way that quick fixes are most always not the best.  And sometimes, unforseen consequences can make matters worse.  And that is where the bit and bridle comes into play.  When we become impatient with God and try to put in motion our own plans, then we are setting ourselves up for a fall - setting ourselves up for Him to reign us back in.

God desires nothing more than to guide us with love and wisdom. Yet, in our stubborness and impatience, we sometimes leave God only one option - spiritual discipline.

God is working on me to trust in Him alone, even in the most hopeless of situations and difficult of circumstances.  He emphasized just how important it is for me to yield to His better plan, not my feeble, short term fixes. 

Deja Vu today?  I think not.  It's more like a divine intervention.

Peace and blessings!   
 
In His Love, Cathy