DAY 19: YOUR HANG OUT PLACES

I am glad you still it here. For the next 31 days in December we are discussing these amazing secrets I found out to living happier and more fulfilled.  These secrets are also my personal tips tried and trusted. We will take this journey together and with God’s Help see what wonderful gifts await.

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Day 19

Your hang out places

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 1:1

 I recently was need of Bibles for my Sunday school kids. I  wanted something durable and picturesque  for different categories  of kids.

 Well having prayed about it, I decided to give the bookstore in the mall a try. I had few concerns. I did not know whether the attendant was a Christian, or if s/he would know what I wanted.

Fortunately, I just didn’t meet the book store owner; I met a Christian friend who became my resource person. She went out of her way, sowed into the project and sought out materials for the varying age range. I was more than satisfied and blessed on our meeting.

Amazing, isn’t it? The Lord directs us in littlest matters once we commit our goings in his hands. This brings this scripture in my mind,

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Psalm 121:8

God is concerned about where we go. He watches over us jealously.

  

I have seen people who love God make this terrible mistake. They go to places known to harbor people who don’t love God or have no fear of God.

Some parties and get-together's are better avoided. They initially look harmless, good for business and meeting up people etc. with all the right reasons. But they are not places God will rather have us to be.

There are people who have gotten into big troubles by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The bible says go the other way avoid the road of the wicked who do not fear God.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.   Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away

Proverbs 4:14-15

We should give careful thoughts to the places where we hang out.

This does not mean we shy away from meeting people or become over critical of where we are.

It simply means we should be conscious and allow the Holy Spirit direct our going out even for the shortest distances. Don’t just hang out anywhere.

                               

Prayer tools

*Dear Lord, I submit my goings into your hands.

*I see that you are interested in the places I go. Direct my footsteps.

*Your word says you will speak to me and tell me the way I should  go.

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Isaiah 30:21

Holy Spirit, open my ears to listen for your voice and yield to your directions.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Can your favorite place say a lot about you?