FOLLOW THE MASTER'S DIRECTIONS

Listen my son, to your father's instruction...Proverbs 1:8 (NIV)

When I brought home a beautiful little black Labrador puppy, the whole family immediately fell in love with her. She was a "people dog." It seemed that she wanted to be with adults as well as children as long as they would pay attention to her.

She loved to go for walks and retrieve toys and balls thrown for her to find and catch.

Since we were relatively new in our walk with Jesus our Savior, we decided to name her Faith. We loved to use the phrase, "We walk by Faith,"  It was our private "double meaning reminder" of our covenant with the Lord.

My son, Bruce, enjoyed playing "fetch" with Faith. While watching this activity at the beach one day, I noticed Faith always kept her eyes on Bruce and the ball. If she was headed in the wrong direction, Bruce would whistle and point in the direction she needed to go in order to retrieve the goal. In the puppy's case the goal was a rubber ball.

Bruce was pointing directions to Faith, helping her to find her way to retrieve the goal. In the puppy's case, the goal was a rubber ball.

The swimmer was pleased and the master was pleased.

Our Lord calls on us to follow his directions in order to complete His goals for our lives. Like our puppy, Faith, we need to watch and listen to our Master, follow His words from the Bible and listen to the whispers of the Holy Spirit as He directs us.

Prayer: Lord, help us to keep our eyes and ears on your words. Help us move in the directions you desire us to live.

 (C) 2018    Christy Struben