Dear Ones,
Hope you have a purpose filled day. Al will be off to men’s group this morning and I will have donuts waiting
when he gets home. This afternoon is Bible study and then we are going to do some errands afterwards.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Do we often go through motions outwardly without really thinking of what we are doing? It’s almost as if we are on autopilot, missing the meaning behind our actions and the purpose for which we are doing it. We may think of it like coasting along without having a destination in mind. Life can get tiresome and boring that way, but we don’t have to live like that.

A good question to ask ourselves from time to time is, “Why am I doing what I am doing?” I was recently convicted when my prayer partner and I were to write on “What is meaningful to you about communion?” When I proceeded to write about it, I was convicted as I realized there were times that I paid more attention that I was properly dressed to go up front than the wonderful meaning of partaking of the body and blood of Jesus.

We might also ask ourselves the question, am I where God wants me? Has He called me to the work I am doing right now, or has He been trying to move me on to what He has for me next and I am dragging my feet? God changes the times and seasons as it says in Daniels 2:21 and we may be holding on to the past season. We need to let go and flow into what He has for us next.

Perhaps we are like the children of Israel who wandered for forty years in the wilderness as they were on their way to the Promised Land. We know they often longed to go back to Egypt rather than where God was taking them to Canaan, the Land flowing with Milk and Honey, that would be their own. The Holy Spirit wants to lead us, so rather than go through just the motions in the present or even looking back, let us enter the new that He has for us.

Challenge for today: Are you where you feel the Lord would have you right now or are you just going through the same old motions?
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy