Weekly Devotional

03/05/2005

I baked a cake today, but I forgot all about it because I was watching a TV program. Suddenly the room was filled with smoke and I ran into the kitchen, but it was too late. My cake was black. I opened the windows and the smoke drifted away.

It was supposed to be a chocolate cake but it became something quite different.
Maybe, I'll just buy one next time.
But it's more fun baking it yourself.

God often leads us to where He wants us to be at a certain moment in life.
He holds our hand and walks with us, but sometimes I let go of His hand and I start to run because I just can't wait to get there.

He just watches me run knowing that I'm bound to fall without Him by my side and He sends His angels to catch me when I do.

Suddenly everything around me turns dark and I cannot see the road anymore, I also can't smell the sweet scent of Gods love anymore.
It's like my cake turning black and smoky.

It was supposed to be a wonderful journey, but it turned out to be something quite different just like my chocolate cake.
God has already made a wonderful future for me, there's no need for me to try and make it on my own.

We just need to trust Him and hold His hand while He leads us step by step.
He can be trusted. He proved His love to us by giving us His only begotten son.

“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all–how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32

 I just want to close my eyes and feel His strong Hands around me tenderly carrying me through this life. I want to smell the sweet scent of His being ‘love'.

Close your eyes and drift away in the Spirit, you're safe in His love. He will always lead you and love you.

Love in Christ, Monique