105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105 ESV
Twice this past month at work, I have created a situation that caused some unnecessary friction at work. Nothing major. Situations now repaired. However, there were still at least two less than positive interactions. Apologies made. Relationships repaired.
The details of the incidents are not necessary except to say that in both instances I was influenced to act in a certain way by a colleague. In looking back at both instances, I can easily see where in one case inaction would have been best and in the other delayed/modified action was the path to take. But due to the input of a colleague, I reacted before thinking. I allowed a person to direct my path.
As I reflected on the instances I should have allowed God to direct my actions/reactions. His word promises He will guide our feet and light our path. This applies to both long journeys and short walks. He is there to guide us through a work day as well as through multi-year decisions.
Psalm 119:105 is often applied to those life journeys- careers, marriages, relocation, child rearing. But it is just as applicable to conversations, interactions, and emails. All the "big" things in life's journey are made up of a thousand little walks. If we want the "bigs" to please God, we have to get the "littles" right.
The Great Wall of China, constructed around 210 B.C., stretches 13,170 miles and has an average height of 25.6 feet. It is made up of 3,873,000,000 individual bricks. It is the only man-made structure that can be seen by the naked eye from outer space. When viewed from outer space, it is the totality of the wall that is seen. But if a viewer stands at the base of the wall, the individual bricks are apparent.
Our life is made up of millions of individual actions, reactions, thoughts, and words. If we want our life's work to please God, we must allow Him to guide and direct construction and placement of each individual brick.
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