[Discoveries] 10-21-08 A few steps at a time -- 1 Kings 17:5

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

*In two weeks, the people of the United States will elect a new 
president. I'm sure that many of you, like me, have strong feelings 
about who that president should be. I also know that good people look at 
the same candidates and the same issues and come to very different 
conclusions. We make our choices based on our best understanding. And 
since we don't have the opportunity to sit down and talk at length with 
both candidates, we must decide based on impressions, sound bytes, 2nd 
and 3rd hand reports which may or may not be reliable. I wonder if you 
would join me in praying for wisdom for the American people as we make 
this decision.

Lord, in these last days before we vote, would you please reveal to the 
American people Your choice for president. Empower us to understand the 
implications of our decision. Where there are lies, expose them. Where 
there is corruption, make it known. Let the truth come out. Give us 
wisdom to sift and sort and come to the right decision. We also 
recognize that no president can properly lead our nation apart from You. 
So we pray that Your Spirit will come upon our next president from day 
one, granting him the fear of the Lord, a hatred for corruption, wisdom 
to know the right decisions and courage to make them in the face of 
opposition and adversity. In Jesus' name, amen.*

/*So [Elijah] did what the Lord told him. -- 1 Kings 17:5*/

Did you ever watch ants? The ants around here have a distinctive way of 
walking. (I don't know if this is true worldwide -- maybe our readers on 
other continents can let me know.) But, around here, ants take a few 
steps and then they stop.

I pointed this out to my children. I explained to them, "This is how you 
live the Christian life. God gives you direction, you follow it as far 
as you can, and then you get more direction. And He usually only gives 
you a few steps at a time."

I'm deeply impressed with Elijah. Yet the bulk of his life was a very 
simple partnership with God. God came up with a great idea, Elijah did 
it, and, when he was finished, God had another great idea waiting for him.

God's ideas for you are custom designed for you and for the times in 
which you live. Yes, they are all based on God's unchangeable character 
revealed in His word, but they find fresh expression every day in your 
life and mine.

Be encouraged!
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