Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another morning with the Masters.

We're going to devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you.

Good morning, you guys.

We are picking back up with our live on-purpose devotional.

And I think we're just going to go and jump on to him.

Yes, let's jump on in, you guys.

The devotional is titled Wandering, and we're reading out of Psalms 119, verse 176, and it says,

I'll never forget what you've taught me, Lord.

But when I wander off and lose my way, come after me, for I am your beloved.

Goes on to say, have you ever noticed that the Bible has a lot of stories about wanderers

and wanderings?

And these wanderings usually weren't good experiences.

Think about it.

In the Old Testament, Israelites spent 40 years wandering around in the wilderness to make

what should have been an 11-day journey.

While it might be easy to judge them, how many times have we spent years dealing with

the same problem that could have taken days to solve if we listened to God?

In the New Testament, the prodigal son wandered all over the place, walking on the wild

side wherever he wanted, before he finally returned to his father's house.

I think we all have a little bit of wander in us.

Don't we all get off the path of life at times?

Don't we all let our hearts and minds stray from God and from his word on occasion?

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