Deuteronomy 8: 1 – 10
Whose Road?
“Remember the long road on which the Lord your God led you during these forty years in the desert so he could humble you, testing you to find out what was in your heart: whether you would keep his commandments or not.”
Deuteronomy 8:2 (CEB)
I resonate with those wandering in deserts and wildernesses. And I have always been curious about what part of their(my) wandering was designed to prepare them(me) for what was next and what part of their wandering was them(me) searching for God’s path or getting distracted by something else. I’ve come to understand that those distinctions might be all one in the same and that God is faithfully with us through it all.
As I reflect on the roads that have brought me to where I am today, they are marked by places that I was humbled and/or tested. Sometimes that humility came from God through others correcting me and other times that humility came from God showing up in my life in such awesome ways that I felt my unworthiness and God’s power. As for the “testing” (that whole concept messes with me, by the way), I am clear about times when choices I made revealed my love for God, my love for self, my love for neighbor and times when my emotions caused me to stray.
Remember and reflect on your journey with God to date. What is the next step which the Lord your God is leading you to take?
Written by: Christie Latona, UMC Baltimore Washington Conf, Central MD Region
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