KEEP STEPPING

When I was literacy director for the school district I walked a lot.  One month I decided to wear a meter that would track my steps.  Thousands of steps were taken in a day.  Up one hallway and down another my feet would go.  I encountered many students as I walked.  I would always take the time to speak and visit.

Everyday we take steps and everyday there are people we encounter with our steps.  My daughter and I always laugh when we discuss the people we encounter.  We laugh because we understand that we attract “people who need people.”  Our steps lead us to those that need motivation and encouragement.  It happens to us in airports, waiting rooms, department stores, elevators and even bathrooms.  I suppose we have a invisible sign on our head that says, “Yes you can talk to me.”

Are these just coincidences?  I think not. 

God gets us to where He wants us to go.  He directs each step for His purpose and plan.   Mark Batterson states it best in DRAW A CIRCLE.

“God wants us to get where God wants us to go more than we want to get where God wants us to go.  And He is awfully good at getting us there.  All we have to do is follow the script of Holy Scripture and improvisation of the Holy Spirit.  We can’t create divine appointments.  All we can do is keep them.  We can’t plan God-ordained opportunities.  All we can do is seize them.”

Are you letting God direct your steps?  Are you following the prompting of the Holy Spirit, which leads you to divine appointments?  Are you seizing the opportunity that God has placed before you to help people in need or are you letting fear and anxiety stop your steps?

Intervention with others can be difficult, but if God places you there He has put you there for a reason.  Many times my daughter and I have helped people with only a few words of encouragement. 

Remember you don’t know what someone else is going through, but God does.  He places you in situations for a reason. 

Keep the appointment. God had you step those steps for a reason.  Step by step He leads you down the path He has planned for you.  Take each step and follow His appointment schedule. 

Proverbs 16:9  In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.