One of the greatest dangers to my spiritual equilibrium is when I am accused or I accuse myself of missing God’s leading and direction in the past. I am susceptible to this form of attack and the Enemy uses it frequently.
Perhaps this should be expected by one who was trained up within a legalistic system. Legalism presupposes that there is always only one correct choice and to do anything other than the correct choice takes one out of God’s perfect will.
The attacks come when choices that seemed right at the time of decision then lead to difficulties. When the difficulties arise it is easy to think that perhaps I did not follow God’s plan and perhaps I made a wrong choice.
I am comforted by Isaiah 14:24. “Surely as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.” (NIV)
By this verse I am encouraged that there is nothing I can do to derail God’s plan. When I am seeking Him and seeking to follow His lead, then even when the choice leads to difficulty I know that God is in it. When I work to gain some perspective on the difficulty I find that the difficulty has been used to change me for the better.
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