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As A 17-year-old Recruit In Boot Camp, I Had Been Given The Order To Stand The Midnight To 0400 Watch
As a 17-year-old recruit in boot camp, I had been given the order to stand the midnight to 0400 watch over my barracks at Naval Training Center, San Diego. At one point in my rounds I stopped at the rear fire escape of the second deck above a canal that led out to the bay. Looking out over a moon-lit night lay the safety of the base fence. Cars drove silently along in the distance while lights of the houses up on the hills twinkled beneath a calm starry sky. And then this struck me…
What exactly am I guarding here? This is a recruit training base! We’re inside a protected border in a non-war zone of a major U.S. city housing one of the largest military bases in the country. So what was my purpose?
As today’s scripture verse says, those that Hear and Obey and are Watching are (and will be) BLESSED. In my watch, if I had gone to sleep or left my post I could have been severely reprimanded or even court martialed - as inconsequential as it was to the security of the nation.
The point is that no matter what you are given to do in this life, do it well and do it faithfully. There is a reward for all those that HEAR God’s voice and answer His call. It is not how big or important the watch we have been given, but how FAITHFUL we are in carrying out what we are called to do.
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What determines how you make decisions? Is it based on what you see, how you feel, or what you think? If so, you might want to rethink that because this is not what the Word of God tells us how to live.
When most people hear the word 'obedience' they often bristle because it goes against our human nature of putting ourselves first because our natural tendency is to want to be in control of our own lives, but God has a better plan!
You see when we listen to God’s guidance, heed His direction and faithfully apply the instruction in His Word, we will always be both in His Perfect Will, and as Joshua 1:8 promises, “Prosper and succeed in all you do.”
Obedience to God and choosing His ways is not always easy, and the British author and lay theologian G.K. Cheserton put this well saying:
It’s not that the Christian faith has been tried and found difficult, but rather it’s been found Difficult and left untried.
So Christian, do not live your life by what you FEEL, but be obedient in FAITH and God will always safely and successfully direct your path.
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If you are lost, you need a compass, but even if you have one, which direction is YOUR compass pointing? A compass has 360 points, so the question is, is your needle pointing true north, or one of 359 other degrees that will lead you astray?
You see, in this life we all are 'lost' on our path to eternity, so we need a true compass to lead us to safety. The question is where do we find this compass of life, and what direction does it say we should go?
Jesus gave us the answer when He said:
“ I am the way, The truth, and The life. No man cometh unto the Father, BUT BY ME.” John 14:6
You see, the compass Christ gives us will always point 'True North' and just like today’s scripture will always point us on The Way To God.
When you follow HIS Pointer, it will ALWAYS point you to SAFETY.
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