Under Construction – May 28, 2000
Anyone who travels even a few miles from home has encountered the frustrations of road work in progress. Sometimes it appears that the whole world is under construction. The result is often a slowdown of traffic, long delays, and unplanned detours.
This pattern affects more than our literal travels. Our very lives are beset with such interruptions. A project designed to take a year goes unfinished for five. A job we expected to continue smoothly, suddenly becomes a bumpy path or even a complete dead end. Just when we thought we could clearly see our destination—graduation, promotion, retirement—we find ourselves on a long, puzzling detour. Even the greatest among us encounter such unsettling changes—from Moses, who was raised to be a prince of Egypt, to Saul of Tarsus, who had firmly set his course as a persecutor of the new Christian religion.1
But as Moses and Saul learned, it’s not we alone who set our course. Our loving Heavenly Father has a plan for us. Each path is designed for our progress and growth. Sometimes, that lovingly drawn plan allows us to wander long in the wilderness, or come to a stunning turn-around.
No two journeys are the same. But each journey is guided by the hand of providence, each detour sign is raised for our ultimate safety and well-being. Every direction that heaven gives leads unerringly to eternal joy. When we follow the divine road map, we need never fear or become lost. As the Psalmist testifies, He that keepeth us “shall neither slumber nor sleep.”2
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1. Exodus 2:10; Acts 8:1; 9:1-2,11.
2. Psalm 121:4.