Failure To Yield

Copyright Millie Plastaras 8/13/07

In America we have a lot of checks and balances on our
roadways. There are signs, signals, charted courses for
us to follow to get from point A to point B. This can
often be complicated, and we may need to study a map to
get there. Even with the greatest preparation we can find
that we are lost, and are not sure where we turned the wrong
way, and how to get back where we were, before the wrong
turn.

There are many well meaning people we might ask
directions from, and some will make it simple, concise
and accurate. Other well meaning folks, might simply
lead us down a wrong path.

But sometimes our worst enemy is our own convoluted
thinking. We get in a hurry and are not watching what
we are doing, and soon we hear this siren going off behind
us and we know, that we have probably broken the law.

Many people get really angry at policemen for having the
audacity to give them a ticket. Many get smart with the
policeman, which is really very counterproductive. I am
sure you cannot change the mind of a person who is doing their
job to maintain the law by getting angry with them and telling
them off. People are often most angry at themselves but
would rather blame it on the policeman than face their own
failure to yield to the law.

This is a lot like our lives. We plot and plan and scheme to
make life work the way we want it to, and then one day
find out it is not working out at all like we want. We want
absolute control over our lives and destiny only to find we
do not. So what does one do, to find their way?
Map the course?
Set lofty goals and Plans?
Talk to the best advisers? Get a great
education and do all you can to better yourself? These are all
worthy and wise goals.

But there comes a time when failure to
yield to the will of the Living and all Powerful God, makes us
take wrong turns, get involved with wrong people, make wrong
moves that lead us down a tortured path, that it is hard to find
our way out of.

I believe that we as Christians should start each morning,
praying and asking God for His will in our lives.
To guide us, and teach
us, and draw us close to Him, that we might be all we can be
through Him. Ask Him to show us the way to go, and then
do as He asks, neither looking to the left or the right,
but yielding to His way.

We also fill our heart with His Holy Word to
inspire us, bring us hope, teach us wisdom, and guide us into
all truth. These are very needful for each of us, and surely must
never be neglected if we want peace of mind, peace of heart,
the peace that passes all understanding to fill our hearts
even in the most troubling of times. God's word is fuel for
our spirit. Our spirit cannot run well when drained of
fuel, the hope that springs eternal.

Then we do what we can do for ourselves, and go
out and face the day with courage and resolve, and prayer in our
hearts. We remember we are never alone, and that we have
a advocate in our heavenly Father, who will not leave us, forsake
us, or leave us guessing. We can fully trust and cling to all He
has said, and find strength and courage to face whatever battle
or experience is ahead.

No matter how frightening, how worrisome,
how utterly, profoundly fearful life can become, we are guarded
by the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. We are to Just Trust
and Obey.

Just remember, getting mad at the policeman for
reminding you of the law, or yelling at God because
He isn't doing life the way you expected will not change
anything. You need to yield to what is right, and turn
from what is wrong. It is the way Home.

love
millie

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And you shall be secure and feel confident, because there
is hope; yes, you shall search about you, and you
shall take your rest in safety.
You shall lie down and none shall make you afraid; yes,
many shall seek for your favor.
Job 11:18-19

The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life.
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from
this time forth and forever more.
Psalm 121:7-8

When you lie down you shall not be afraid; yes, you
shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24

The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him, and
the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall
dwell between his shoulders.
Deuteronomy 33:12

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Trust and Obey
Text: John H. Sammis, 1846-1919
Music: Daniel B. Towner, 1850-1919

. When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey.
(Refrain)

3. But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey.
(Refrain)

4. Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey.
(Refrain)