1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to Daily Devotions with Pastor John. 4 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today's devotion is inspired by Job 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: Chapter twenty three, verses ten and eleven, which says, but 6 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: he knows the way that I take. When he has 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: has held fast to his steps. I have kept his 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: way and have not turned aside. In What direction is 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: your life moving right now? What compels you to walk 11 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: where you're heading? What are your deepest longings? What is 12 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: the source of your motivation? What fruit is coming from 13 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: the steps you've been taking? Who is calling the shots 14 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: in your life and setting your course. Scripture often refers 15 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: to our relationship with Jesus like it's a walk along 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: a path. This is a wonderful analogy because frequently in 17 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: life we see that conversations are fostered and relationships are 18 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: built through taking walks. Families know this, couples know this, 19 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: friends know this. It's part of the rhythm of many relationships. 20 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: And Jesus invites us to walk with him. This is 21 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: a lifelong process where we have the privilege of enjoying 22 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: our relationship with him, spending time together, listening to his teaching, 23 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: and letting him set the direction that our lives are 24 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: moving in. As our relationship with him grows, our desire 25 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: to walk on the path he has placed before us deepens, 26 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: and our reliance on his strength matures helping us not 27 00:01:53,520 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: to step off the path he's placed before us. Let's pray, Lord, 28 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you 29 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: for the privilege that it is to be able to 30 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: look at this portion of Scripture together today. Lord, We're 31 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: grateful that when we look at your word, we can 32 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: see that you are directing the course that our lives take, 33 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: and you invite us to walk with you by faith. Lord. 34 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: We know that so often we find it very easy 35 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: for us to go in directions that are not healthy 36 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: and not wise. But when we look at your word, 37 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: your word encourages us to walk with you daily, to 38 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: invest in the relationship that we have with you, to 39 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: listen to your voice, to listen to your counsel, to 40 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: allow you to be the one who directs the course 41 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: we're taking. You show us the steps to take. You 42 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: implore our hearts to go in a direction you're prodding, 43 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: and you teach us that you are present with us 44 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: in every circumstance we find ourselves in. So we're grateful 45 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: for the blessings that you have given to us. We're 46 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: grateful for the blessing that it is to live in 47 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: a relationship with you. And we pray that our walk 48 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: with you would be what we're known for, That we 49 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: would model it to our family, that we would model 50 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: it to our friends, that our children and our grandchildren 51 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: and the generations that come after them would know that 52 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: we were people who walked with you, and we pray 53 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: that they would be inspired to walk with you as well. 54 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord for your word, Thank you for the 55 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: privilege to be able to look at it together today 56 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: and to think about these things in depth. And we 57 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: commit this day to your care and pray this all 58 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: in Jesus' name. Amen.