We've defined adventure as involving risk and uncertainty: An unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. When we consider that definition everyday experiences take on an element of adventure. God is in the midst of those adventures just as much as the big ones.
My daughter lives in Brooklyn. She's lived in New York for a number of years and knows her way around the New York public transportation system well, so when we visit we trust her to guide us from one place to another. But on a recent visit a power outage somewhere in the system turned a routine trip into an adventure, involving risk and uncertainty. The subway lines weren't running normally so seasoned subway riders were confused and uncertain as to which train to take. There was a risk, a hazard, of getting on the wrong train and ending up far away from the intended destination. This adventure required carefully listening to instructions in order to get where we had planned to go. It involved adjusting the "how" in order to achieve the "what". Not unlike some of your everyday adventures, right?
Our subway adventure meant listening carefully and taking the next right step. We made it to our destination, just not the way we had intended to. It required flexibility of plans while maintaining commitment to purpose.
Our subway adventure meant listening carefully and taking the next right step. We made it to our destination, just not the way we had intended to. It required flexibility of plans while maintaining commitment to purpose.
How flexible are you when God throws a wrench into your plans? Do you listen carefully to instructions and take the next right step toward your intended destination, a life that says YES to God? When you're plans are suddenly out the window, let me encourage you to keep the end in mind. How you get where God wants you to go is not as important as getting there. Just take the next right step.
Key thought: Take the next right step.
A Scripture to consider: Isaiah 30:21 NIV
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
A YES challenge: How flexible are you when things don't go as planned? How can you give God your YES in the midst of a course adjustment?
Prayer:
Dear Lord, I know that You want to guide me along the best paths, but sometimes I get thrown off when things don't go the way I expect. Help me to keep my heart open to listen for Your instructions. Help me to trust You to get me to where I need to go as I just take the next right step. Amen.