Avoid the tall trees

God has a plan for us. That is good news! And God’s plan for us is for our benefit, it is a plan of hope and a future. Often however, as we go about life we become complacent or get easily seduced into going down a path that takes us on a journey into some territory that leads us away from living the plan God has for us. Then we come to a place in life that we begin to recognize that God has so much more he wants to give us in life, so much more he has promised, and we are missing out. Picture yourself hiking in the wilderness. The views from the mountain tops are grand as you look across multiple peaks, you come upon a stream, then a waterfall, fields of wildflowers. You have been walking enjoying the journey but not recognizing that you have now journeyed off and are surrounded by a field of tall pine trees. There is no visible trail. Your heart begins to beat faster now, your anxiety leads your body to drip with sweat, your stomach starts to turn. With every little sound your imagination begins to tell of the danger all around you. You are lost and you know it. More so than any other time do you recognize you need help. Sometimes God needs to take us on a journey that leads us to a point where we will earnestly see that we need him, and we have strayed from the plan he has for us. The good news is, when we come to that point again he leads us back to the point where we began.  Jeremiah 29:11-14