Commit your actions to the Lord and your plans will succeed. – Proverbs 16:3

We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps. Proverbs 16:9

So, don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.  Matthew 6:34

On New Year’s Eve 2014, I was desperately searching for the perfect shoes to go with my outfit that night. With the help of Pinterest, I had the complete vision of my entire look in my head and I was determined to complete that look no matter what. My first stop was Macy’s where I found some really nice shoes for a pretty good price. My eyes landed on one pair that I liked, so I tried them on. They fit pretty well and they were cute, and as I began to walk around in them, I started to really envision my complete look in my mind… “This just might work out,” I thought to myself.

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God uses breadcrumbs in our lives to indicate that we are traveling down the right path.

…and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2 (AMP)

My pastor has been preaching a series from the Book of Hebrews where Paul describes the way every Christian must run the race of faith. Everyone has been assigned a “bib number” and a lane on the track the instant we accept Jesus as our living Savior. Like a traditional track-and-field event, it is absolutely critical that each runner stay within their lane to avoid colliding with someone else. While there are lines on the race track to ensure this doesn’t happen, how do we as Christians remain on the right path? I know for me, life doesn’t always make the most sense. There are things that I can’t explain or didn’t expect and I just have to accept them as God’s will and adjust. But I if I told you that certain things don’t cause me to worry that I may have drifted off-course, I would be lying. Nonetheless, as a believer in Jesus Christ, I know that I have to keep striving for the prize that has been promised to me regardless of what’s happening in my life. I know that I am not alone and that there are many others who are striving for the same thing. So what keeps us in the race?

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