Guidance: August 11, 2011

August 11 2011. TODAYS WORD FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2011.

GUIDANCE

DEFINITION:

Show the way to; the act or function of guiding or leading; direction; management and leadership; advice.

SCRIPTURE:

In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:6.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

The day before his 52nd birthday, Abraham Lincoln left Springfield Illinois to go east to accept the responsibility of being the President of the United States of America. With the threat of a civil war coming he said goodbye to friends and neighbors who had come to see him off on the train.

President Lincoln told those at the train station that “I now leave not knowing when or whether I may return. I now have a greater task of guiding this nation than what rested on the shoulders of President Washington.

But he went on to say that without the guidance of a divine being I cannot succeed but with that assistance I cannot fail. Lincoln closed his speech at that train station by saying, “Trusting in God who will go with me and will also stay with you, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.”

King Solomon instructed us in the verse we have written above that we are to rely on God for His guidance in our lives. When we rely on God, we can face an uncertain future with a confidant hope that God will be with us and will guide our every step. We just need to trust in God just as Solomon and Abraham Lincoln did.

Looking to God for our guidance daily is the basis of our faith. Living without trust in God is like driving into a huge rain storm not seeing where we are going.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in Proverbs 6:20.

My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.

PRAYER:

I lay in Your hands all of my actions today and rest securely knowing that You will direct my path. Give me Your guidance in raising my children to acknowledge You as their Lord and creator. Help them to trust in You and let You direct their path.