Clear The Way

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.” When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

- Matthew 2:13-14, NKJV

Do you constantly find yourself on the opposite end of where you thought you should be, ought to be, or planned to be? Do you often find yourself questioning how and why this is so? Subsequently when life leaves you feeling this way, do you ever ask the Lord to open your heart and reveal to you the desires of His commands? Know that if you find yourself engaged in the former without seeking out the latter, then you may never find peace or clarity. Understand that God has a plan specifically designed for you [For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile” (Jeremiah 29:11-14, NIV)], but this plan is according to His thoughts and ways [“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55: , NKJV) ], not yours; as a result, things are not always going to work according to your plan or your understanding…rather according to His - And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28, NKJV). However, you must exercise your faith and trust that because He is mindful of you, has a plan for you, that He will also clear the way for you to prosper – “Thus says the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held - to subdue nations before him and loose the armor of kings, to open before him the double doors, so that the gates will not be shut: ‘I will go before you and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel (Isaiah 45:1-3, NKJV). Trust He Who laid down His life for you with your heart that He may equip, empower, and encourage you knowing that God’s hand is upon you and that He will never leave nor forsake you – You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest regions, and said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away: Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand’ (Isaiah 41:9-10, NKJV). Today trust that the Lord is Who He says He is and that you are who He says you are…then watch how “He” (not the world or its circumstances) removes you from and places you in the locations, situations ,and circumstances where He needs/desires you to be that you may bring glory to His name.

BE BLESSED!