Should I take route 1 or route 2?

Last week I wrote about how I felt like I had fallen flat onto my face. I’m now thinking that it was more of a stumble than a fall.

I effectively hit a road block that has caused me to reassess what route I need to take. You see, I actually have two ideas that I would like to try to do something with.

Route 1 was the route that I was more invested in.
It came first, and as such it is more developed than route 2, which I have been playing with, a little bit.
With route 1 I have a plan of action (of sorts). I kind of think I know how to go about putting route 1 into action. Route 2 is a different story.
I can see that route 2 could be better than route 1, but I don’t have a plan of action for route 2, just at the moment.
So why is it that I kind of have a niggling feeling at the back of my head that route 2 should be the one that I should be trying to work on?

I understand route 1. I can’t quite say the same for route 2 (yet).
I do like both routes but route 1 would be my preferred choice, but I keep hitting stumbling blocks with it.
Is it time to put route 1 on the shelf for the moment and take a look at route 2 instead?
OK, let’s just try that then. Let’s just see if I can take the next step on route 2 and then see where it takes me???

Have you guessed where this next part of the post is going yet. 🙂

When it comes to following Our Lord God Almighty, then how well do we do when it comes to following His thoughts over our own thoughts?

If you are like me, then our own thoughts can be easier to hear.
I can perceive them and see where they are going. There’s an amount of security and solidity to them. (Even if they can lead me into trouble of my own making, at times.)

When it comes to hearing my Heavenly Father’s thoughts, it can be a different story.

I might get a good solid idea of what or where I should be going with something, but most of the time it seems that as I do, then I start to understand.

It’s not my preferred way of doing things.
I would like to have a good solid plan before I set out.
I would like to have some confidence that my efforts are going to be worth while, that I’m not just wasting my time.

But if my Heavenly Father is leading to go down a route that I am unsure of….. then will I trust Him enough to follow His leading?

I’m not talking about following every little thought that enters my head.
That would be a recipe for disaster, pushed and pulled by the wind and tide to end up who knows where? 🙂

I’m talking about following His prompting, when I know that it is His prompting. Even if it is going against my wants and wishes.
Will I be able to trust my Lord God’s ways, over my own.
I’m hoping that the answer is ultimately “yes”, even though some times it’s not so easy to do so.

Father,
I do acknowledge that You are Lord God Almighty.
I do know, that You know, what is Best.
Please help me to know Your voice that much better, so that I can follow You that much more closely.
Amen.

John 10:27-28

²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.