GOD LEADS
2 SAMUEL 22:19-20 (NLT)
The LORD supported me.
He led me to a place of safety...
MATTHEW 9:9 (CEB)
As Jesus continued on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. He said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God leads us to a better spot.
PRAYER
Gracious God, thank you for calling us to follow. I confess that I often see it as a duty to follow your leadership rather than that you are leading me to a better spot. Help me to trust that you are always working to make things better for me. I'm going to trust that your leadership is more than an obligation. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
