Excerpt from my 31 Day Devotional - What Did He Say About Me?
“I Have a Path Just For You to Travel”
Daily Scripture
Psalm 16:11 AMP
You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
Daily Devotion
The promise here is that He will show us “the” path of life. Not just “a” path of life. No, this scripture is specific in saying “the” path of life. Maybe you feel like you don’t have a purpose. Maybe you feel like you don’t matter. God created each and every one of us for His pleasure. He delights in us! He created us to love and serve us! Yes, you read that statement correctly. He wants to serve you!!
Jesus said that He did only what He saw the Father do and Jesus served those around Him. Jesus cared so much for other’s that He literally laid down His very own life to change the very course of history. God promises to show us “the” path of life.
What do you think of when you hear the word “life”? Maybe life has not been so good to you and thus far you’ve experienced just “a” path and not “the” path. Maybe you’ve been hurt deeply and life has not treated you kindly.
In our daily scripture, the Psalmist David trusted that God would show him “the” path of life – he continued with saying that In His presence IS fullness of joy. There is a connection here. “The” path of life is shown to us when we are in His presence.
Think of a time when you have had the most fun. Go ahead, picture it and envision it in your mind. Ok, think about everything you experienced that day. You may be laughing right now just pulling up that memory in the filing cabinet of your mind. Now compare that time and times it by infinity and that is what you will experience in God’s presence. He promises that there is FULLNESS of JOY! His path of life will bring you Joy, but for Him to show us “the” path, we must be in His presence. God’s path of life will bring you out of any despair as you travel with Him. God’s path for you is for you, and not anyone else. That is why it is so important to experience His presence and get to know Him intimately. His path for you has purpose and destiny.
It’s so easy to get wrapped up and compare yourself to someone else’s path and think that you are behind in life. It’s also easy to get wrapped up in thinking you are so much further ahead than someone else and you get proud and boastful about it. Yet, when we do that, we are not really allowing God to direct our path. When we allow God to lead us down His path, we are also learning God’s ways as He is teaching us along the way. We don’t need to get in the trap of comparing ourselves with anyone else. God has chosen the path for you and no one else. God has put specific talents and strengths in you for the path He has chosen for you. It may appear that someone else has the same talents and they are doing the same thing, but I can assure you that God doesn’t duplicate you! There is no one else like you and there never will be.
TDahl
