“What Do You Want”
“Your word is a lamp for my foot and light
on my path.” (Psalm 119:105 Complete Jewish Bible)
“By Your words I can see where I'm going;
they throw a beam of light on my dark path.” (Psalm 119:105 THE MESSAGE)
Dear
family of friends,
Our dog
Zoe, a miniature Dachshund, will sometimes give me that look she does at times,
which is a puzzling stare at me. My response often is, “What do you want?” as I
smile at her. She will then tilt her head the other way as if to say, “You don’t
know? Why not?”
I can
only imagine what our Lord does when we ask Him the same question, “What do you
want?” as we come to a place along the journey when we are uncertain as to the
next step. Maybe He will respond back the same way, “You don’t know? Why not?”
After walking with Him for many years, I guess we should know more than we let
on. Or maybe we really do need further direction and don’t have that solid
foundation in our spiritual building yet.
As the
Scripture is written, His Word is a light to my feet. Whether King David or
another wrote that centuries ago, it still holds true for us today. Guidance is
given when we ask, and seek Him in His Word, which has been so carefully and
diligently preserved for us since compiled through the hands of the Jews.
A daily
reading of Yeshua’s (Jesus’) words will build up a reservoir in our hearts and
our minds, so that when we do come to a crossroads on the path, or a possible
turn that will be needed up ahead, we will have that internal map, along with
the current inspiration of Ruach HaKodesh (The Holy Spirit) guiding us along
the way.
A major
house purchase, a career changing decision, a relationship adjustment, or something
as small as the need to know what to
make for dinner that night (don’t laugh, many of us ask that question every day!)…the
Lord wants to be involved in our decision making. He is ready to guide us in the
next step, if we but seek Him and ask.
A good
Bible teacher, Bob Mumford, in 1973 wrote a now classic book on my book shelf called
Take
Another Look At Guidance (recommended reading). I agree with the
description written about it, “What a blessing the wisdom he shared in it has been to
me through the years of my walk with the Lord! It provides biblically based
counsel about how to find and follow God's guiding path through life.” Bob basically says the written Word, the rhema (Greek
for “now” ) word and surrounding circumstances are three guide posts needing to
line up to receive that directive confirmation we so often need.
Daily
choices we make today will later become pivotal points in where we end up next
week, next month, or ten years down the road. Erik Krueger, founder of Shiloh
Fellowship in East Lansing, Michigan (later becoming New Covenant Christian
Church) once said in a meeting in the early 1980’s that a decision we make
today could take us down the road 20 years from now where we may or may not
want to be. I will always remember that word, as I took it to heart. It is that
important to make the right decision.
We had
better make our choices and decisions based on solid ground, as given in His
Word, and not make them based on our own understanding. Again, He has given us
a road map, along with the Holy Spirit, to guide us.
“What
do you want?” is more easily answered if our walk with the Lord is based on
daily communication with Him. Grow in that communication today. He has, and He
IS, the answer to every question and need. Call on Him today, and He will
answer you.
Ahava (love in
Hebrew) to my family of friends,
Steve
Martin
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Ahava Love Letter #75
“What Do You Want” ©2013 Steve Martin
Date: In the year of our Lord
2013 (09/013/13 Friday at 5:35 am in Charlotte, NC)
All previous editions of Ahava
Love Letter can be found on this Blog:
Here are the last few:
The Hiding Place (#74)
Why Is A Gentile Like You
Celebrating the Feasts of the Jews? (#73)
They Are Loved Too (#72)
Oskars Needed Again? (#71)
Little Orphan Chuckie (#70)
Demons & Fire Trucks (#69)
I Like Mike (#68)
Disappointed with Small
Beginnings? (#67)
Rise Again (#66)
The Cities (#65)
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
(#64)
Anxious (#63)
Hidden (#62)
Get Back in the Boat (#61)
Ahuva Balofsky grew up in Toronto, Canada and obtained her B.A. Hons. and B.Ed. at York University. She taught Tanach, Rabbinics and English at the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto. After making Aliyah in 2004 with her family, she completed a Master's degree in Tanach at Bar Ilan University, and currently teaches Bible studies and English.
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