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Walking Confidently in God’s Direction | Walking in Spiritual Discernment · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to today's daily prayer.
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  - We are addressing the topic of walking confidently
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  - in God's direction
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  - and the key scriptures coming from Psalms one
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  - nineteen one zero five
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  - and says your word is a lamp for
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  - my feet and a light on my path.
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  - You know, the other day, I was reading
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  - about the character Jehoshaphat
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  - who was a king,
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  - and, his story can be found in,
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  - second Chronicles,
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  - 20.
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  - And I found that his story was very,
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  - very
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  - captivating
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  - because
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  - the story that I was reading or the
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  - passage that I was reading was basically talking
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  - about how although Jehoshaphat was a king,
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  - and kings tend to have a lot of
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  - power,
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  - and they tend to have a lot of
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  - money and,
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  - everything, a lot of servants and whatnot,
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  - he had found himself in a situation where,
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  - not one but three other tribes,
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  - were coming after him.
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  - And in my mind's eye, I imagine that
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  - each one of these,
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  - other tribes coming after him
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  - probably had 50,000
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  - plus,
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  - soldiers
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  - and in in his mind he's thinking, okay,
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  - I can handle
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  - one
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  - kingdom
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  - or one tribe but not three
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  - And thinking if I don't do something
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  - not only am I gonna be endangered but
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  - my people are gonna be in danger.
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  - And so
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  - the scripture goes on to talk about how
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  - he did not run or try to
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  - deny what he was feeling.
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  - He was
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  - terrified.
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  - And
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  - the way that he handled it was
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  - he went and got him some emotional and
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  - some spiritual support and said I've gotta go
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  - and talk to God about this situation because
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  - I am stressed out. I'm really really worried
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  - about this.
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  - And
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  - he summoned all of the people and told
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  - the people what,
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  - he needed them to do And
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  - and they followed his his lead. They all
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  - just sought the Lord. And the scripture says
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  - that he was determined
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  - to connect with God.
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  - And I love that because
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  - he he intentionally
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  - made a choice
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  - to to
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  - go to his source. Now he had power.
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  - He was a king.
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  - But at that moment,
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  - with what he was dealing with,
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  - all bets were off the table. He didn't
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  - care about him being a king. He didn't
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  - care about how much money he had. He
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  - had to deal and face the fact that
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  - he was vulnerable
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  - and he needed God's grace, mercy, and guidance
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  - to help him do that situation.
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  - And God rewarded him by giving him the
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  - strategies
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  - that he needed to to deal with the
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  - enemies
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  - and told him
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  - twice
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  - to be encouraged and not worry
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  - that the battle was his.
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  - And so having said that,
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  - the scripture that it is, we're focusing on
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  - today is very, very comforting because it says
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  - that God cares about what we're dealing with
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  - regardless of what the situation is. I mean,
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  - it could be absolutely
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  - dire circumstances,
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  - but God's work
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  - illuminates
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  - our pathway. It'll give us the strategies we
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  - need. It'll give us the encouragement that we
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  - need.
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  - So even though today,
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  - we are waiting for God to reveal the
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  - entire journey before taking the first step, sometimes
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  - the first step is
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  - acknowledging
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  - that
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  - you are stressed out,
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  - you need some help,
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  - and that
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  - God is the one that has to do
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  - it.
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  - And bless him
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  - for doing so.
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  - And then
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  - pause
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  - and wait to hear what he says.
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  - But God often gives a slight for today.
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  - Regardless of how long or hard the journey
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  - seems. So take heart.
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  - He sees. He hears. He's waiting for you
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  - to lay the problem at his feet so
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  - that he can illuminate your pathway.
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  - Not just for today,
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  - but for tomorrow and every other day.
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  - And that word
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  - is what provides the details, not only for
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  - today, but for tomorrow.
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  - Having said that,
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  - let's pray together.
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  - Heavenly father, help us trust you one
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  - step at a time.
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  - Give us courage to obey what you've
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  - already shown us instead of waiting for complete
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  - certainty.
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  - And even if we can't see
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  - the details
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  - or any of the details,
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  - give us the courage to trust you
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  - and know that you're not a man that
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  - you should lie to the son of man
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  - that you would repent
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  - about any decision that you made because you
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  - don't have any doubt.
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  - But let your word guide us and your
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  - peace sustain us.
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  - Father, teach us to walk confidently,
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  - knowing you are faithful to lead
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  - us
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  - when we seek you.
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  - In Jesus' name, amen.
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