DEVOTION- Familiar Fog
Pro tip for when the future is uncertain
The fog was heavy one morning this week as I drove the girls to school. The thick blanket covered everything, making it impossible to see more than a few yards ahead. Any vehicles without their lights on were invisible until they were practically on top of us.
We took our time and navigated slowly, and one thought kept repeating.
I’m so glad I know where I’m going.
We were driving a route I had taken hundreds of times, and I knew every turn as well as I know where everything is in my house (a mom superpower). I have driven this route in pouring rain, in deepest dark, in blinding sunrises, and now, in disorienting fog.
If I had been driving anywhere new, the fog would have been a serious problem. I would have gotten lost and needed to turn around over and over for sure. But taking a familiar route made the fog less scary.
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Joshua 1:8-9, ESV
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.
Psalm 62:8, ESV
There will be times in life when it feels like fog descends on our plans. The path forward is uncertain, and we have to move forward in caution. Especially when the circumstances are out of our control, it can be disorienting when we don’t know what the future holds. In these moments, we need Jesus’ divine wisdom and direction.
But just like navigating the fog, when we are traveling a road we have taken countless times before, the fog isn’t as threatening. If we have a long-standing relationship with Christ in which we have a habit of turning to Him with the small daily needs, turning to Him in a moment of crisis isn’t strange, but familiar.
A few weeks ago in the ER waiting room while doctors were shocking my dad’s heart, my mom, sister, and I were praying. When everything was out of our control, we turned to the One who holds everything in His hands. It wasn’t awkward or forced, it was our first reaction because each of us has a foundation of relying on God for all things in our lives.
Day after day, year after year, I choose to spend time in God’s Word, I ask Him for direction, and I seek His will in the smallest of details. Every toddler tantrum, every recipe gone wrong, every daily win or fail is something that points me to Him in a new way. So when something big happens, the hinge on the door of prayer isn’t rusty. He is the first place I run in a crisis because He is the place I always run (well, most of the time).
As moms, we face small challenges and enormous challenges every day. This is why it is ESSENTIAL that we lay the foundation of a strong relationship with Christ. We can’t make it without His help and we weren’t designed to. If we only turn to Him for help when we have exhausted every other resource, it will be difficult for us to turn to Him in the moments that challenge us at a core level.
The most important decision you can make as a mom is to sit at the feet of Jesus and remember that you are His daughter. Will you see a huge moment of breakthrough every time you pray or read God’s Word? Probably not. But the habit of turning to God with the small daily things will pave the path to peace when the ground falls out from under you.
Father, thank you for being a safe place I can run to not only when everything is crashing down, but also with the small daily challenges I face. Help me build a strong relationship with you by seeking your direction in everyday decisions and looking for ways you are at work in the details of my life. Thank you for promising to always be with me.
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See you next week. God Bless!
Erin Greneaux