Not Knowing What to Do

I may be lost and not know what to do - but why should it be reason for sorrow of heart? We have never known what to do on our own. And even if we think we know, we find that we still have much to learn. So isn't it normal - expected - to feel uncertain about our future and next steps?

Haven't we always needed the hand of our tender Heavenly Father to know the way, to reveal each step as they come? Any correct turn we make goes back to a nudge of His hand, a voice in our ears. Therefore, in the misty paths of today, we can turn to the One who holds our hand and let Him lead the way. He is not one to abandon us in the middle of the road without instruction. If there is no instruction yet, it means we still have a standing order that has not yet expired.

Even today, there is instruction, there is light, there is purpose - but it is not on the road, in those we meet, or in ourselves. So we do not need to feel perplexed when we look at the road ahead and feel that it seems unfathomable. That instruction, light and purpose is in our Guide and Heavenly Father. 

He knows the best way there, and all the tricks required to traversing the path we trod because He has already gone before us to prepare it. He knows our failings, therefore He knows how to make the journey possible for us. Sometimes, He leaves certain obstacles that we cannot overcome - but they are there because they are necessary and yet, He will be with us.

So today, if you do not know, take heart. The answer is in the One who has got you here in the first place. Look to Him again and trust Him to lead you like a good hiking guide. With Him, you will complete your own epic journey on these great and narrow paths of life.