Friends, do you have those days when you cannot see what the future has for you?
Do you have seasons you must to walk through and they make absolutely no sense as to how they fit into God's big picture?
Do you struggle with your plans for the future looking like they are seemingly nothing more than dust caught in tornadic winds?
Is the fog so thick that you cannot see where to place your next step?
Sometimes all we can do is the next thing. You may be numb as you take that next step; not able to feel your legs beneath you but step you must.
God has called us to a particular walk, a definite road, a predestined path.
Proverbs 16:9
The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
The following is an old poem that encourages me in those seasons when the cares of this life make things so murky and obscure my view to what lies beyond this day.
Do the Next Thing
From an old English parsonage down by the sea
There came in the twilight a message for me;
Its quaint Saxon legend, deeply engraven,
Hath, as it seems to me, teaching from Heaven.
And on through the hours the quiet words ring,
Like a low inspiration: DO THE NEXT THING.
Many a questioning, many a fear,
Many a doubt, hath its quieting here.
Moment by moment let down from Heaven,
Time, opportunity, guidance, are given.
Fear not tomorrows, Child of the King,
Trust them with Jesus. DO THE NEXT THING.
Do it immediately; do it with prayer;
Do it reliantly, casting all care;
Do it with reverence, tracing His hand
Who placed it before thee with earnest command,
Stayed on Omnipotence, safe ‘neath His wing,
Leave all resultings. DO THE NEXT THING.
Looking to Jesus, ever serener,
(Working or suffering) be thy demeanor.
In His dear presence, the rest of His calm,
The light of His countenance be thy psalm.
Strong in His faithfulness, praise and sing!
Then, as He beckons thee, DO THE NEXT THING.
(source unknown)
Whatever today brings for you, whatever tomorrow has in store- fear not beloved for you are His.
Love, Jolena
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