Let God "BULLDOZE" the way for you!

Growing up in the Mid South, I had the privilege of sitting under a most wonderful pastor/shepherd.  His preaching was powerful, and he led our church well for over 3 decades.  Pretty amazing!

My preacher is with Jesus now, but I own a Bible that was created in his honor.  His quotes, sermon notes, and funny sayings are sprinkled throughout this Bible, and I love thinking of him as I come upon his words.

Love Worth Finding Ministries printed this “Adrian Rogers Legacy Bible,” and I love reading from it.

Today, I found myself in Proverbs 3:5-6.  I thought I’d share with you the passage and then the notes (in my Bible) that followed from Adrian Rogers.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”  (NKJV)

Precious friend, there is not higher place than the will of God.  And there are few passages of Scripture that lead you to that place more directly than Proverbs 3:5-6.  From this scripture come four steps to help you find, follow, and finish God’s purpose for your life.

Let God choose the way.  In order to let God guide your way, you’ve got to have confidence in God.  You’re not called to a proposition or a plan or a formula.  You begin with a vital connectiveness with God Himself.         

“Trust in the Lord.”  Prov. 3:5. 

Let God control the way.  You may be willing to do God’s will.  But it doesn’t do to acknowledge Him in some of your ways, God doesn’t work part time.  He doesn’t have a duplex for a palace.  No, you give it all to God.  Let Him take you wherever He wants.

Let God confirm the way.  A lot of God’s will for you is already settled in God’s Word, and He will use His Word to lead you.  God also confirms His will when you pray, guiding you through the Holy Spirit.  God uses plain old wisdom.  And He leads you through providence as He opens and shuts doors.

Finally, let God clear the way.  Proverbs 3:6 promises that God will direct your paths.  “Direct” is a very interesting Hebrew word, yashar.  It speaks of cutting a straight path.  Literally it means to let God clear the way.  The same Hebrew word is used to portray John the Baptist preparing the way for the Lord Jesus Christ.  

He is described in Isaiah 40, verses 3 and 4 as: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.  Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth.’”

 

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Now I want you to picture a bulldozer building a road, and there’s a mountain and the bulldozer lops it off.  There’s a valley and he fills the valley with dirt.  There’s a stone and he moves the stone out of the way.  There’s a curve in the road, and he straightens the road out.  Every valley is brought up.  Every mountain is made low.  Every obstacle is removed.  The crooked is made straight.

Friend, when you get in the will of God, when you begin to obey God, God will rev up heaven’s bulldozers and go in front of you.  He will clear the road for you.  I tell you, it is true!  Let Him direct your paths!

Dr. Adrian Rogers

I pray you have been encouraged to trust God more today!  I know I have!

Blessings,
Melanie

Grateful for our Teachers!

Thanks for a great meeting at Briarcrest High School today with the staff and teachers.  You guys are awesome, and we are so grateful for all that you do for our kids!  

We don't say it near enough, but we are blessed to have you investing in the lives of our children.  Thank you for your dedication, faithfulness, sacrifice, and commitment!

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Just for fun, I thought I’d add a post for teachers in honor of the men and the women who teach.  We appreciate you!

Here’s a post I found just for you at:

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU’RE A TEACHER   

(by Jeff Foxworthy)

1.             You get a secret thrill out of laminating things.

2.             You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line.

3.             You walk into a store and hear the words, “It’s Ms./Mr. ____________ and know you have been spotted.

4.             You can eat a multi-course meal in under 25 minutes.

5.             You’ve trained yourself to go to the bathroom at two distinct times of the day, lunch and planning period.

6.             You start saving other people’s trash, because most likely, you can use that toilet paper tube or plastic butter tub for something in the classroom.

7.             You want to slap the next person who says, “Must be nice to work 7 to 3 and have summers off”.

8.            You believe chocolate is a food group.

9.                You can tell if it’s a full moon without ever looking outside.

10.        You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, “Boy, the kids are sure mellow today.”

11.        You believe in aerial spraying of Ritalin.

12.        You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.

13.        You spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children.

14.        You can’t pass the school supply aisle without getting at least 5 items!

15.        You find true beauty in a can full of perfectly sharpened pencils.

16.        You are secretly addicted to hand sanitizer.

17.        You understand, instantaneously, why a child behaves in a certain way after meeting his/her parents.

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*And, a few quotes just for teachers…

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”

~Henry Adams

“You might be one person to the world, but the world to one young person.”

~ Anonymous

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."

~William Arthur Ward

"A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations."

~Patricia Neal

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”

~ Victor Hugo

I shared this great word from the Word today with my teacher friends today.   I thought it 

might be a great way to close this post today:

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"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?

Come to Me.

Get away with Me and you'll recover your life.

I'll show you how to take a real rest.

Walk with me and work with Me - watch how I do it.

Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.

I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

Keep company with Me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

(Matthew 11:28-30)

Blessings to you,

Melanie