This is Macy. She loves this little train thing. She walks behind it, pushing it down our street with a big smile on her face. That is until she pushed it onto the grass and her progress was stopped! Her nose scrunched up and she was not happy. Help was needed to get this adventure back on the road. I thought about how we are a bit like Macy. Road blocks of all kinds come our way.
She was in a hurry to keep pushing this train down the sidewalk. What I found most curious was the small corrections I made of the steering wheel which prevented her from pushing the train back onto the grass. She did not even notice. I love this little girl and want to see her succeed in her task. She was not even aware of the many little adjustments I was making along the way.
You have to wonder, how many adjustments does God make for you in a day? You very possibly don't even notice His quiet intervention. He sets up meetings that would never have happened - some would call that chance, I call it God- who loves you so much. You matter to Him and His heart is for you.
I took great pleasure in helping Macy not get stuck on the grass. God is not unlike that. He loves to lead His people.
Yet, sometimes I did let Macy get stuck up on that grass. She was going too fast and would have fallen on the sidewalk and that would not have felt good. Sometimes God allows us to get "stuck on the grass" as well. He is driven by love and sees what we do not. Isaiah 43:4a- says this" Since you are precious and honoured in my sight,and because I love you...His love is not a casual love. Rather it is a love that is deeper and more powerful then the greatest love you have known on this earth. This God, who loves you like that, directs your steps.
Sometimes we find ourselves stuck "on the grass" and for good reason, though we cannot see it at the time. He asks you and I to trust Him still. One of the hardest places to trust God is when we find ourselves in that "stuck and waiting kind of place". It is not hard to feel forgotten by God and others when we are in this place. You are not forgotten. He will not abandon you. Wait for Him. He will instruct you in the way you should go. Everyone finds themselves "stuck on the grass" at some point. You are not the first.
"We can make our plans,but the Lord determines our steps"Proverbs 16:9(NLT)