{"id":24470,"date":"2015-02-16T00:20:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T05:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=24470"},"modified":"2015-02-16T07:25:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T12:25:50","slug":"lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/16\/lead\/","title":{"rendered":"You Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ve got waves that are tossin&#8217; me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Crashin&#8217; all over my beliefs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And in all sincerity, Lord,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I wanna be Yours<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So pull me out of this mess I&#8217;m in<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause I know I&#8217;m wanderin&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Lead my soul back home again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;ve always been Yours<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And this world may push, may pull<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But Your love it never fails<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You lead, I&#8217;ll follow; Your hands hold my tomorrow<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your grip, Your grace, You know the way<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You guide me tenderly<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When you lead, I&#8217;ll follow<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just light the way and I&#8217;ll go<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause I know what You got for me is more than I can see<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So lead me on, on, on and on<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just lead me on, on, on and on<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">As a child I heard Your voice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But as a girl I made my choice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There is no other way for me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m devoted to You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;re my Peace on the heavy days<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;re the warmth of an autumn blaze<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your love carries me away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And it&#8217;s never too soon, no&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sometimes when I wake up, I don&#8217;t wanna rise up<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Out of my bed, too many thoughts in my head<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Don&#8217;t wanna be who I used to be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Gonna take the back seat and let You lead<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I&#8230;need to stop, need to stop<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause I&#8217;m going too fast<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I&#8230;know my God is still God<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And you got my back<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JFmSzL2ppvg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Singer \/ Songwriter: Jamie Grace along with<br \/>\nT. McKeehan, G. Patillo, D. Wyatt, T. Rosenau<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>For this new year, God gave me a phrase (instead of just one word). \u00a0A phrase made up of three simple words\u2014<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Let God Lead<\/em>.<\/span> \u00a0Seems so easy, but in reality it\u2019s a struggle. \u00a0I am a fixer. \u00a0I can be a control freak. \u00a0I think I should be able to handle things on my own. \u00a0I feel the need to have a plan mapped out. Life just doesn\u2019t cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>I am always humbled, though, when I finally come to my senses and realize there is no need for me to blaze my own trail. \u00a0I have a perfect Guide who is never wrong, never falters, never fails, never makes a wrong turn. \u00a0As this songs reminds me \u201c<em>Your hands hold my tomorrow, Your grip, Your grace, You know the wa<\/em>y&#8230;.\u201d It would be so much simpler if this dawned on me <span style=\"color: #800080;\">BEFORE<\/span> I take matters into my own hands.<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 139:10 (AMP) reminds me \u201cEven there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Even there<\/span><\/em><\/span>. \u00a0I can never reach a place where the Lord refuses to guide me. \u00a0Even in the smallest of details, Isaiah 43:19 (NLT) tells us \u201cI will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.\u201d He is there to lead me through whatever is going on. \u00a0Or (as Jamie Grace puts it) \u201c<em>and I know my God is still God&#8230;and You got my back&#8230;I know Ya got me, I know Ya got me, I know Ya got me&#8230;<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In Proverbs 4:11(NIV) God promises that He will \u201cinstruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.\u201d \u00a0I truly desire to let God lead. \u00a0But when life throws me a curve (as it has <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">recently<\/span><\/strong>) I am tempted to focus on what needs to be done and how best to do it. \u00a0I need to be reminded (as the song goes) \u201c<em>\u2018Cause I know what You got for me is more than I can see..<\/em>.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I need to remember God is in control and already has the perfect plan worked out. \u00a0Sometimes He just isn\u2019t willing to show me the whole plan all at once and I get impatient. \u00a0I feel like I need to be doing something&#8230;anything. \u00a0I think I need to take action when <strong>the only thing I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really need<\/span> to be doing is <span style=\"color: #800080;\">praying<\/span> and taking the time to <span style=\"color: #800080;\">listen<\/span> for a response.<\/strong>\u00a0 Jeremiah 33:3a (NASB) tells us \u201cCall to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.\u201d \u00a0He promises to answer us. \u00a0Psalm 32:8(AMP) promises \u201cI [the Lord] will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.\u201d So what I need to do is \u201c&#8230;<em>take the back seat and let you lead, and I&#8230;need to stop, need to stop, \u2018cause I&#8217;m going too fast.<\/em>..\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Father, I really want to let You lead. \u00a0I just get in the way sometimes. 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