Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. Psalms 119:133-135.
When I go out to eat with The Sweetheart, we will walk into a restaurant and say, “Table for two, please.” Then inevitably, one of us will head to the restroom to wash our hands. That leaves the other one at the table, alone, when the server comes to ask what we would like to drink.
I trust him to order for me when it comes to a Dr. Pepper or a Strawberry Lemonade.
But if I am not back when she comes asking about the main course….hold on Big Guy!
I don’t want him to order what I am going to eat. I might not feel like spaghetti that night. I might have preferred a steak and baked potato!
“Order my steps in your word…” Guide me, direct me, and put me on the right path.
Lord, you can go ahead and order for me!
You can order whatever you think is best for my life. I will take it and accept it and run with it God as your will for my life.
Do we trust Him enough to truly let Him have full control? To really let Him ORDER our steps? To say, “Okay, Lord, it’s in Your hands, do with it as you wish. I am just the clay, You are the Potter.” Then step back and let Him do the work. Wow.
Just imagine if we actually LIVED that way.
But to do that, a change will have to take place.
He isn’t going to order and guide our footsteps if we refuse to move our feet. WE have to be willing to get up off of our seat of do-nothing-and-do-little.
“Guide my path, Lord…but I will just sit right here and hope everything turns out alright. Let me know when You’re done.”
It doesn’t work that way. You have to be a vital part of the equation. He wants you to be involved in the process. You have to be out in the trenches! He does the choosing, but you are the recipient, so once He hands those items off the menu to you, then you must get up on your feet and run with it.
What has He given you? What has He chosen for you? Every one of us has a mission, every one of us has a chosen path, and our steps have been ordered by God.
He doesn’t want us to just sit there when the order comes through.
You have to be ready to move your feet!
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Love this! “God always has the time and patience with us who don’t move as fast as we need to.” I love that about Him too! Thank you for sharing. ♥
Love that Mary…”not like that God!” So ME!! And loved your story. God knew what He was doing. ♥
Until a person knows that they can fully trust the direction that He is taking them, declaring this can be very scary. But God.. in his great and tender mercy … always has the time and the patience with those of us who don’t move as fast as we need to. I love that about God. I love that in the face of our living He is always the comfort and knows what we need to move us along the path and towards the order He has orchestrated.
Blessings!
Dawn
Great quote you came up with-“if you ask God to order your steps, you better be prepared to move your feet.” So true. It’s like asking God to “use” you and then when you’re “being used” you say, “Well, not like THAT God!” I once had a serious issue with a co-worker. We just didn’t like each other, and she was actually quite mean to me (mind you, we are both women of a mature age). It was so bad that I prayed that God would either mend it or remove one of us…He removed me! HAHA that’s not what I meant God! He does have a sense of humor. Turned out to be the best thing for me (and probably for her too!). Visiting from Essential Fridays