As we near the end of our week on God giving us good heavenly gifts, we're going to take

some time today to discover and reflect on ways God gives us direction. Sometimes life can be

confusing, and it's difficult to know which decision to make.

Thankfully, we have a father who has sent his spirit to speak and lead us through life's winding paths.

He has a plan for each of our lives, and he desires to partner with us to watch it unfold.

May you find rest today in the direction God brings. Welcome to the

First 15 Podcast. Isaiah 48, 17 through 18 offers a hopeful yet heart-wrenching promise

of God. Scripture says, I am the Lord your God who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way

you should go.

Oh, that you had paid attention to my commandments, then your peace would have been like a river

and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

What would it be like to experience peace like a river?

What would it feel like to float on a continual stream of rest and contentment? How would

past circumstances have turned out differently if only we would have listened to the commandments

of God? Isaiah makes it clear that a lifestyle of peace and righteousness

is readily available to us if we simply follow the Lord or God,

who leads us in the way we should go.

Let's open our hearts and minds to the spirit of the living God today

and ask him to mold and shape us into followers of his direction.

Psalm 32 8 through 9 says, I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.

I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Be not like a horse or a mule without understanding, which must be curved with

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