In this movie, all Steve Martin wants to do is get home for Thanksgiving, but the journey home has one detour after another. The only person Steve Martin has to keep him company is an obnoxios slob of a shower ring salesman John Candy. Nothing goes right for each of them on their journey, but in the end Steve finally gets home, and they both enjoy Thanksgiving dinner together.
Has your life ever felt like this movie? You have a destination in mind of where you want to be in life by a certain age, but nothing is going right for you. Detour after Detour, challenge after challenge, it feels you'll never reach your dreams, goals, or vision you had when you were younger. I have a couple of scriptures to encourage you with:
Isaiah 55:8-9
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts your thoughts."
Romans 8:28
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
No matter how bad we think our mistakes, past, or sin has been-God can turn it around for His glory. He's all about taking failures and horrible sinners, and making them righteous and holy. It's not about us. It's about Him. The enemy is the accuser of the bretheren, and he wants you to keep your eye on your issues. BUT GOD says, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
We are to follow God one day at a time. He's not going to give us a road map for our life. We must realize we are not just made for life here on earth. We were made for eternity. God wants to work His character out in your life, so that you will be ready for the job He has for you in eternity. If you are seeking the LORD, and following Him then you need not worry about tomorrow, or 10 years down the road.
This life is full of detours, but this present struggle is just for a moment. We will make it home to be with our heavenly father in time for the banquet of the bridegroom.
Phillipians 4: 6-7
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything with prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
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