Ever feel lost?

I was talking to a friend who had made a big decision that resulted in a tectonic shift in his life situation. He was trying to settle into his new normal, but everything felt abnormal, and he couldn’t help but wonder if he had done the right thing.

He had, and I knew it. Why? Because he had heard and heeded the voice of God? No, this was a decision he had to make at a time when God was silent. Yet I knew he was where God wanted him to be, because he was living as God wanted him to live.

I couldn’t remember the reference or the exact words of the promise, so I paraphrased it, and then later I tracked it down. It’s in Psalm 37:23, which says: “If the Lord delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm….” That verse tells us that obedience is the key to guidance. Of course it’s important to seek the Lord through prayer, Scripture, and wise counsel, but even when those commitments fail to yield clarity, we can walk through the fog with confidence, knowing that God will never let those who love Him get lost.

That’s what I told my friend, and after I hung up the phone, that’s what the Spirit of God told me. I too have oftened fretted about decisions I have made without clear direction. I have wondered whether I did the right thing, and how things might have been different had I chosen to go right instead of left. “Relax,” the Spirit seemed to say to me. “You’re right where I want you to be.”

And if your life is marked by obedience to God, so are you.