Crossroads

I know I should be able to get more revelations than what Im churning out but theres no valid reason for it....
Anyway I was talking to a friend about God. She mentioned how she had a brother who was finding it hard to move on from his current job...
We started talking about his possible psychological barriers that stop him from getting up and going..but we also talked about God and how he chooses our paths...
Its easy to say that God leaves us to decide our fate..which seems true to some people...but to a certain extent, I dis agree with that. I believe our Father keeps his eyes on us and we His children never get shortchanged in life simply because we belong to Him.
Lets not think about non-christians who at the end of their lives, never got a good life...who never reached their dreams.
We as christians will be led by God into a land of milk and honey. ie: A place of satisfaction. with no fear of lack of food or riches. why I dont say that its a land of riches..is because having lots of riches isnt good for a christian too. Esp if one cant handle it. And God know who can and who can't. That said...if He wanted to, He would mould us into people who could deal with alot of riches properly.
But onroute to this end is where alot of Christians also have doubts. many people think that once they take a wrong turn, their out of God's favour..that He gives us only one turn to choose at the crossroad and once the wrong decision is made...we entirely stir off into a worse life.
I personally think that God never lets that single human decision be the final say.
If we go the wrong way, there will come another crossroad that He will give us..and we will choose. If it's wrong again, there will be another cross road and another...and another..all of which get us closer and closer to the destination He has called us to be in...despite the many detours we have decided to make.
We will eventually get there..point is...how long it will take.
Don't forget Psalm 23. "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me"
He doesnt leave us even when we choose to walk throught eh valley of the shadow of death. ie: Our wrong decisions.
Note also that before this verse, allt eh other verses imply that He was hte one who led us to green pastures and provided for us.
Why I choose to believe all this? Is because God iss an all knowing God. He sees our lives from beginning to end in a single glance and knows where we make hte wrong turns even before we make them. He also loves us and definitely never intended to give us suffering that we cant handle. He wants us to kings and queens of this earth..to reign in this earth..to lend but not borrow.
So if he wants us to be that successful, why would he let us go forth from our wayward decisions just like that? What I think is that he has our curly detour riddled routes mapped out in front of him that eventually leads to where he wants us to be. Ever detour we make, he has a counter route that will bring us nearer. 2 steps back but 3 steps forward to the goal.
Obviously He would hope that we make hte right decision to start with and thats where the Bible and His word and His peace that passeth understanding comes in. Less distance to cover if we just made the right decision.
But If you think about how he already knows where we go in life...than whereever we go, and His plans to bring us back to Him...have always been Plan A. He is never caught offguard to our decision and be forced to contemplate a different counter route. The routes we take and the crossroads he gives us ahev always been Plan A, no matter how "screwed up" we are.
He never lets us take roads that we can't handle
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Id like to add that through our detours, we learn alot fo things too. things that help us to be better men and women when we reach our destination. When we get there, we become trained in Humility, faith, love peace etc that allows us to be lighthouses for Him, living examples of His love. In the process, we also catch hold of other non-believers and bring them on our journey..We are his Fishers of Men. Whicever route we take...so long as we have faith in Him...we bring light into that detour..the unreached corners...and shed light to others who will be motivated to walk with God to. Essentially...we have 2 purposes while walking detours. To learn and to fish.
Best of all...just like how it would work in the city....after the many detours, we know the city inside out. We know the nooks and crannys of the city as opposed to have only walking the main road...We know the place so well that we know where to go to spread the word...who to speak to..who needs help. etc.Wow....I had but a small msg to writ in this blog today....but I didnt realize just how much more God had to say when I type it out. He is constantly speaking mroe things to me as I type. He's constantly helping me to see and understand it deeper as I type. All this is just flowing in me as I type! Wow!
My heart is full... :)

God Bless