Watch where you are going

So, I've been reading a new online devotional this past week:

Experiencing God Daily Devotional
Daily Devotional feed provided by Broadman & Holman Publishers

Anyways, today's thought was on the story in Numbers chapter 21 where Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole. When anyone was bitten by a serpent, God told them to look to this gift from Him and not think about their situation and they would live.

This spoke so clearly to my life. My job situation has been a real mess for the past year. I've switched careers a few times, moved across the country and back and now I'm in the midst of a corporate restructuring and I'm unsure how I'll come out of it. If I focused on my snake bites, I know I would curl up in my tent and moan and cry and die.

But if I look to God and the gifts He showers me with, I will live. If I follow His plan, the bites won't go away - but neither will they poison the rest of my body. I see that so clearly but it is still hard. It is easier to suffer and try to go my own direction, but the harder choice is the better one. I know He will bless me and my family - He never stops.

In closing, I wanted to share the prayer for the day from this devotional:

King of My Life, no longer will I look where my wants direct me. I will look to see what You want and will adjust my life to be what You want. Amen.

Tough prayer. Tough to mean that. But I will do it.