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His Eye

Before heading off to TEXAS for the Thanksgiving Holidays, I ran across Psalms 32.8 and I gotta tell ya: It carried me through mentally and spiritually.

It reads in the NKJV:
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye."

What stuck out to me the most was that God will guide us WITH HIS EYES.

Ever been directed by someone's eyes? They look at you and then they "point" to where they want you to go or where they want you to look without saying a word. Just their eyes move and you know to follow them?

We should be so close to God that we can see where His eyes wants us to go.
It's a gentle nudge. An ebbing, a flowing. Nothing harsh or course about it.

My prayer: Instruct me. Teach me in the way I should go. Guide me with your eye.

SHIFT

During the Thanksgiving Holidays I had a chance to sit down and put pen to paper. (It's a lot different then sitting at a keyboard.) I sat down in a comfy chair outside The Limited Too in The Perimeter Mall in Atlanta. I had my leather bound journal with me and a pencil. I began to write. It started turning into some loose form of a poem/prayer to God and the word that kept creeping up was "SHIFT." The refrain was "shift me, shift me, shift me oh God to the right place."

I remember Pastor Mike Cowart had defined righteousness as "right positioning." Being at the right place at the right time. I'll add-- with the right intentions.

So my prayer for the past week or so is for God to SHIFT me to the right place. Shift my heart, shift my mind, shift my desires. That everything is in alignment with His will.

On Wednesday night, we will explore this SHIFTING. How does God shift us? Why? Are there benefits to being shifted? Are there negative consequences for not shifting? When does shifting end or is it a never-ending process?