LIVING ON THE LIFE PATH
03rd Jan 2024
In our devotional “Faith Food for Every Day” I had written the message for January 1st entitled “I’ve Pitched my Tent in the Land of Hope” and wanted to check the scripture, Acts 2:26 in The Message.
I read on and have been greatly impacted by Acts 2:28, “You’ve got my feet on the life path, with your face shining sun-joy all around.” In the NIV it says, “You’ve made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.”
Christians have Christ in us, His Spirit dwelling in us, we have the privilege of intimacy and the ability to live with Emmanuel - God with us, able to pray and talk to Father God, to live with His wisdom, to be led by Him, loved, challenged, corrected, encouraged, taught, given revelation of things we don’t understand - we have the privilege of relationship.
However, it is so easy to let the relationship become dormant and asleep, non-active. How do you intend to live this coming year? For me, there is no choice, I want to live with my feet on the “life path”, His blessing, His face shining on me, filled with His resources, joy and wisdom, heavenly understanding, life flowing through me and out to all I meet and all I engage with. Relationships need to be kept alive by meeting with each other, talking, understanding. Our Father/child relationship also needs nurturing.
We need His Word to know what He has already spoken, His Spirit to constantly encourage us, His presence to uphold us, His Spirit to speak life and direction, and God given faith to know how to effectively pray for the needs surrounding us.
So look forward, you are on His “life path”, His face is shining on you, and His presence will never leave you, and there is much to be accomplished in 2024 - our hand in His.
by Joyce Sibthorpe
