Stop ~ Look ~ Listen

S ~ This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls.  Jeremiah 6:16

O ~ The people of Jerusalem would not listen to Jeremiah, nor would they listen to the Lord.

They wanted to continue on their own way, not the way the Lord had for them. It wasn't complicated, but it did require obedience - and that was something they were not willing to do.

A ~ Stop, Look and Listen. It's what you do when you come to a railway track. It's also what the people of God needed to do, and what I need to do. I am at a crossroads - day 1 of a new year (if I don't count my actual birthday - for it was just a day of celebration!). Stop and look around - looking for the 'old godly way'. I think of devotions, SOAP, prayer, meditating on God's Word, listening to His still small voice, journalling - and waiting in silence. At the end of my sabbatical, the girls told me to 'Come unto Me, and find rest for my soul'. May I walk in that old way, and discover rest as I travel.

P ~ Lord, thank you that as I face a new year, I don't need to face a new way - but rather an old path, trod by many faithful followers. I am not alone. So many have gone before me, and the trail is easy to see - if I just stop and pay attention to where I am going. #followingJesus