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\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.<\/span>
\nPsalm 119:105<\/span><\/p>\n

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Did you know when people traveled at night in the old days, they would attach a lantern to their sandals? \u00a0This way the pathway was lit and they could travel safer. \u00a0During the day, robbers would lay in wait for their victims, but at night they were usually home with family and friends.<\/p>\n

But, that aside, how can someone travel through life without knowing God? \u00a0God designed us for fellowship with Him. \u00a0Not for us to be separated from His perfect love. God chose a people to be called his own, a people to be set apart. \u00a0As God searched, He found Abram. \u00a0God calls Abram to leave his family and go to a land He will give him and will make Abram a father of many\u00a0nations. \u00a0So Abram packed up his wife and his nephew went with him to this new place.<\/p>\n

Now the Lord<\/span> said to Abram, \u201cGo from your country
\nand your kindred and your father’s house
\nto the land that I will show you.
\nGenesis 12:1\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Abram never questioned his walk with God. \u00a0He choose to follow and believe no matter what…or how long a promise might take to be fulfilled. \u00a0Can we wait 30, 40, 50 or more years for a promise to be fulfilled? \u00a0We may not think so. \u00a0My friends, we serve a God who looks out for our best, not what we think is best. \u00a0He knows the bigger picture.<\/p>\n

God promised Abraham and Sarah a son. \u00a0 And, when Abraham was near 100 years old and Sarah was almost 90 years old, the promise was fulfilled.<\/p>\n

And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham<\/b> a son in his old age
\nat the time of which God had spoken to him.
\nGenesis 21:2<\/p>\n

How awesome is God for proving His love for these two. \u00a0Sarah may have doubted, believing her body was past the time to provide children, but God had a bigger plan for these two.<\/p>\n

My friends, God would do this and much more for us—if only we would believe and follow His good and righteous path for our lives. \u00a0We need to cultivate our love for Him by reading or listening to His word and by submitting to the teaching of others.<\/p>\n

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Father, I thank You for loving us when we are not lovable. \u00a0Thank You for Your Holy Spirit who keeps us from walking too far away from You. \u00a0Thank You for Your Son, Jesus, who fulfilled Your promise and showed us how to walk with You. \u00a0Do not give up on us. \u00a0Do not take your Spirit away from us when we stray or stubbornly look away. Forgive us for our rebellious nature and for sinning against You. \u00a0In Jesus’ name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * Did you know when people traveled at night in the old days, they would attach a lantern to their sandals? \u00a0This way the pathway was lit and they could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[9550,3367,1287,6665,9551,425,9554,9552,2092,3174,1071,9553],"class_list":["post-28179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-abram-and-sarah","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-genesis-12","tag-genesis-21","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-always-fulfills-his-promises","tag-gods-promise-to-abram","tag-psalm-119105","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-tina-marin","tag-waiting-for-gods-promises","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-guidance","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28179"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28197,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28179\/revisions\/28197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}