Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily DevotionalSample

Follow the Ark Are you facing any new opportunities right now? Whatever those opportunities may be, it's always important to "follow the ark." What do I mean by that? Well...sometimes we can hang on to old, stale situations in life, simply because they are familiar to us, and we're really just afraid of getting into uncharted territory. And then there are times we can sense something new ahead of us and we just want to step right into it, before it's God's time for us to do it. In Joshua 3:3, God talks to Israel about following the ark of the covenant. The ark represents the anointing of God...the presence of God...the will of God. It's very important for us to learn to follow the will of God and not our own will or the will of others. God has a plan for you and me, and the only way to see that plan unfold is to follow the ark, or the will of God, and not our flesh or other people or our emotions. Remember today that whatever God's will is for your life, He will provide the way for you to accomplish it. Prayer Starter: God, like the Israelites, I know that I need to "follow the ark." My timing for the new opportunities doesn't matter...only Your will matters. As I follow You, I know that You will make a way to bring Your plan for me to pass.