Led by God
Bill Pike (Virginia, USA)





TODAY'S READING
Mark 10:46-52


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When the way seems unclear, I will trust God to lead me.


PRAYER FOCUS
Pilots




Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6 (NRSVUE)



I enjoy taking early morning runs, and before I leave the house, I check the weather conditions from the nearby airport.

One morning, the visibility at the airport was down to one mile. A thick layer of gray clouds hung above the treetops. As I ran, I heard a plane overhead, but because of the cloud cover I couldn’t see it; I knew that the pilots couldn’t see the ground either. Pilots must always rely on their training and sophisticated instruments to safely fly and land the plane, but this is especially true when visibility is reduced.

Sometimes I struggle to see where I need to go in life. I lose focus, and finding my way is difficult. In those moments, I work to regain my bearings with these words from Proverbs 3:5-6 — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”

Trusting in God is not always easy. Yet that is exactly what Bartimaeus did when he asked Jesus to restore his sight; he trusted God in his heart. On days when the way is unclear, my heart needs to be more trusting, just like Bartimaeus.


TODAY'S PRAYER
Faithful God, help our hearts to trust you when our vision is clouded. Guide us through your word. Amen.