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Foggy. That is the best way to describe my drive to work today. It was so incredibly foggy. As I was maneuvering my way to Newman this morning, trying to make it through the fog, I began thinking about how sometimes in the spiritual sense we have foggy days. You know days where nothing makes sense. Days where we can not see in front of us. days when it is uncertain whether we are even heading in the right direction. So I use my drive to work today as inspiration for today’s blog.
I thought of many things this morning while I was driving. I know for myself I have had many, many days where I feel like I can’t see in front of me. days where the road I am on makes absolutely no sense. days where I call out to God but the fogginess does not subside. I am not sure if any one of you finds yourself in that place today. You have a decision to make. You are in the midst of a trial. You went down one road convinced that was what God wanted and now that road is full of fogginess. I want to leave you with some encouragement.
This morning as I was driving to work, I literally could not see in front of me. I was kinda of scared because I had no idea what lay in front of me. isn’t that how life is too sometimes? We are ‘driving’ so to speak in life but we can not see what lies ahead. What we do during these times is so crucial. This morning I had to keep on driving. I had to trust that I was going to get to work. In the spiritual sense as well, when life seems foggy, when things don’t make sense, we have to trust that God knows what He is doing. We have to trust that even if we can’t see what lies ahead, God knows what does.
Not only that but we have to trust that as long as we are praying and as long as we are seeking God, then the road we are on must be the right road. This morning while I was driving there was a time where I kinda questioned whether I was headed to Newman. I could see nothing. absolutely nothing. and so I wondered if I missed a turn, or if turned by accident. I think many of us do that in the spiritual sense as well. we are headed on a road, whatever that road may be and things don’t make sense, and things are not clear and so we question whether we are on the right road at all. And we wonder. It is important that during this time we don’t make any rash decisions.
As I was driving this morning, I had to make sure that I drove incredibly slow. The people behind me were probably irritated, but I did not want to take any chances. In life we have to do that too. When things don’t make sense, when we are surrounded by fogginess, when life is unclear, we have to make sure we don’t make any rash decisions. We have to make sure we don’t go out on our own. We have to make sure we don’t reason within ourselves. We have to trust in God.
There have been many times when I have prayed for certain situations and God does not seem to be answering me. He does not seem to be lifting the fog. Rather than things getting clearer, they remain incredibly foggy. And it is during these times I can be tempted to take another route. During these times I can try to reason within myself and lift the fog myself, but doing so will take me down a road that God does not want me on. I have learned that as long as I pray and as long as I seek God He will eventually lift the fog. He will eventually give me direction. And I will be able to look back and I will be able to see that He guided me.
It is so important therefore that during our times of fogginess we surround ourselves with people we know have a prayer life, people we know seek God, people we know live for God. if we surround ourselves with bitter, discouraging, no pray-life having people, they are not going to help us during times of fogginess. Rather than helping us they are going get us lost. It is so crucial that when we are in the midst of a fog we surround ourselves with people who trust God, who believe in God because they will provide us the encouragement we need to help us through.
I don’t know if any of you are in a foggy situation right now. I don’t know if you are praying for direction, if you are praying for a particular need, if you are in the midst of a trial, but I encourage you to continue driving down the road you are on. God might not lift the fog right now, but as you pray you will see that he will guide you through it. Trust that God will get you to the destination.