A Road Not Traveled

“And I will walk the blind (cause them to walk) in a way they do not know; I will lead them in paths they do not known. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rugged places into level ground. These are things I do; I will never forsake them” (Isaiah 42:16).

Folks ask me if I have a five-year plan. How can I plan five years “down the road” on a road I’ve never traveled?

I think back to the 60's when I was a minister to students at Stanford University, the home of some of the brightest people on earth. I was a physical education major in college and had a lot of fun, but left no record as a scholar. I was new at the game, had no experience at this level. What was I to do? 

Most days I just wandered around the campus, a blind man groping in the darkness, asking God to show me what to do. One day a student, "out of the blue" asked me to lead a Bible study in his fraternity. It was a beginning. 

God doesn't doesn't stand at a juncture and point the way: He’s a guide, not a signpost. He walks with us, leading us down paths we never envisioned. All we have to do is follow. 

The path won’t be easy; there’ll be “rugged places" along the way. But God has promised that He’ll never leave us nor will he ever forsake us. He’ll be with us all the way. 

Paul said that God is "able to do more than we can imagine” (Ephesians 3:20). We can scheme and imagine, but his wisdom and power transcend our plans. We must then hold our plans loosely and see what God has up His sleeve.

David 

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