Let Him do whatever He desires on the path He’s taking you that will inevitably lead you to becoming more like Him, for your sake and for the sake of the world. Every person you meet, every moment you live, every situation you ever find yourself in can open you to a real conversation with God about your real life. And when you’re sharing your life

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Don’t hide or cover a thing. Lay it all out before the one who loves you. He’ll meet you there and not ever leave you there by yourself. He’ll walk with you as you renounce self-reliance, as you lean not on your own understanding. Rather, acknowledge God everywhere. Then He will make your paths straight. He’ll

Making straight paths is intimately connected to the idea of preparing the way for the Lord. To make straight paths is an extension of what it means to prepare the way for the Lord.

After Paul shares “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Rom. 8:28), he defines in the next verse what he means by “good”: “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.” The good God is doing in all things is forming us more

Many of us imagine God’s will for our lives as a bull’s-eye to hit.33 Should I marry this person? Should I apply for that job? We feel the urgency to hit the center dot and find God’s will. What if God’s will for your life is less about hitting the center of an imaginary bull’s-eye and more about learning to become a Christlike chooser? This is

God is interested in maturing us to become the kind of people who know what He wants instead of constantly needing to be told what to do or not to do.

The path He is leading us on is full of the works He has “prepared in advance” for us to do. We can take a breath and relax.

He’s leading the dance. The question we end up with may no longer be “God what should I do?” but rather “God, what are You already doing, and how can I join You?”

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. “He will.” Did you catch that? In the end, God will make our paths straight. In other words, we will change not because we try hard to change but because we try hard to trust in the one who can change