It is with humility and awe that we should walk this earth as believers in God and followers of Jesus. For as we understand our nature, we come to know that God leads us in his ways for his purposes. In understanding our nature then, we are confounded sometimes by the turns sometimes we take in our lives when we understand it as the right thing to do. That's discernment. Sometimes it makes little sense to do the very thing Christ calls us to do, but that's the foolishness of the cross we were discussing. You don't have to see 10 steps ahead... just the one in front of you. Live faithfully and take each step with the confidence that God is guiding you into a future of his design. It's only when we choose to take another path that we must fear losing our way.
Readings: Ezra 3:1-4:24; 1 Corinthians 2:6-3:4; Psalm 28:1-9; Proverbs 20:24-25
