The Christian life is a life of surrender-- surrender to the plan of God, to the will of God, and to the leading of God to follow Him. Sometimes He leads us beside still waters-- pleasant places of rest. Sometimes He leads us into the wilderness to be tried and tested. Sometimes He leads us up "Calvary's hill" where self is denied and crucified. The point is that He doesn't always lead us into easy places. Sometimes He leads us into hard places where we would not choose to go ourselves.
There are two things that you need to know, remember and hold on to when His leading takes you into hard places. First, He will never leave you. He may lead you there but He will not leave you there alone. He will be with you each and every step of the way. Secondly, He will never lead you into a place that is harder than He has already walked through Himself. He walked through some hard places while here on earth-- the wilderness, the place of shame, the place of pain, the place of betrayal, Pilate's Judgment Hall, the Garden of Gethsemane, and Calvary. When He leads you into a hard place, He knows exactly how you feel. He is acquainted with what you are going through. He has "been there" and "done that" already Himself. This is why He can be touched with the feelings of your weaknesses-- He has already been through that place, and worse.
Have a great day. The Lord will not always lead us into easy places, but when He does, He will be there and has already been there.
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Coffee Break is a morning devotional written by Lorraine Ezell
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