The Lord Spoke Through The Roads

Good Morning Everyone!

Happy SaturDAY!

The other morning I was driving to work without the radio on. I usually enjoy putting on some country music in the morning or KLOVE radio. (For those of you who do not know, KLOVE radio is a Christian station that plays uplifting spiritual music and the purpose is to spread God's love and word to those who listen. I love the station). However, that morning I decided to drive to work in silence. There had been so much noise around the past few days when I have been at work and at home that I just wanted be in some quiet and even though I was driving I knew that I would be able to spend some time talking to Jesus and on this day I was able to listen and hear Him. It's amazing what silence can do.    This is what I heard in my heart that morning...

In order to get from my house to my job it takes about 10-12 minutes. The roads in the city are like a checkerboard and I travel from east to west. It's about 8 o'clock in the morning and yes there are some people out but in the scheme of things and the population of the city it is pretty quiet. I am feeling a little anxious thinking about all the things I need to do at work. I am praying to God asking Him how do I do everything for today? What is it that He wants me to do today? Then I am just thinking and asking God about my life, wondering where it's headed, wondering if and/or when certain things will happen in my life. Will I ever get to travel overseas? Will I ever be pursued by a man who is deeply in love with The Lord? Will I ever be married? Will I ever have kids? Are these things that I want and are they what God wants for me too? Am I following His path? Am I where I am supposed to be? What should I do or do you want me to do next? When will I know? How much longer? Those were just some of the questions that were flowing through my mind on this short drive.

As I continued to drive I crossed an intersection and I looked down the street to my left. When I looked down the street as I was passing the road only went a few blocks and there was a building there to end the road. I didn't think much of it until I crossed the next intersection and I looked to the left while I was passing. This road didn't end! This road was open until as far as I could see! And suddenly I had felt at peace.

In those few seconds that I passed those intersections The Lord had spoke to me through the road I was driving on and through the roads that I looked down and saw. Sometimes we are only focusing on one thing and just keeping looking straight ahead. We are wrapped up in the one thing that we are doing or that is going on in our life that we forget to look around and open ourselves up to other options or in this case roads! Roads/options that may help us, inspire us, encourage us, motivate us, change us,  allow us to meet new people, allow us to experience the many things God put on this Earth for us. When looking off the road I was on at the time down the roads to my left I began to understand this. The road that I first looked down reminded me that sometimes and end will happen. Sometimes we go a way where we reach an end. That end might be a job, a relationship, an experience, etc. But that doesn't mean that it is the end of everything because if you keep going and you look down another road you might see how open it is and that the possibilities are endless and what you never imagined happens because that is how much God loves us. When I looked down the next road and saw it kept going from the point I was at..I knew that the Lord was telling me to continue to trust Him no matter what road I was going down but to keep my heart open and my focus on Him and not my focus on that one thing that was taking over me.

How amazing it is that the Lord spoke to me while driving my car into work. I love that I can pray any time of the day or at any place and He is always there and listening. When I allow myself to do this and to open my heart I am always amazed in how He chooses to speak to me. That morning The Lord spoke to me through the roads. Look around because God is near.

"Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"- Psalm 46:10

God Bless :)